The Suprise Group is a copper and silver mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,949 Feet (2,423 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.50917, -105.83028
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Suprise Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Suprise Group
Secondary: New Mexico Copper Corp. Claims: Surprise Group 22 Claims
Secondary: Park Gold Group 15 Claims
Secondary: Copper Lode Group 7 Claims
Secondary: Little Hecla Group 7 Claims: Other Claims
Secondary: Iron Blossom
Secondary: Silver Dollar
Secondary: Gold Silver
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Mexico Copper Corp.
Home Office: C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: New Mexico Copper Corp.
Home Office: C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND 0.10% AS. THESE VALUES ARE FROM CHIP AND SELECT SAMPLES AND REPRESENT THE HIGH-GRADE, MOST MINERALIZED AREAS OF THE VEINS.
Analytical Data: 0.41% SB
Analytical Data: 36.9 % BA
Analytical Data: 1300 PPM MO
Analytical Data: 0.49% ZN
Analytical Data: 1.90% PB
Analytical Data: 0.08 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: 49.66 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: THE HIGHEST ASSAY VALUES FROM MORE THAN 90 SAMPLES REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 ARE 9.7% CU
Materials
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND MINERALIZED LENSES ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTS, FRACTURES, SHEAR ZONES, AND DIKES. THE PRINCIPAL VEIN ON THE SUPRISE CLAIMS CROPS OUT FOR A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 5000 FT., HAS BEEN EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 100 FT.,AND RANGES FROM 12 TO 30 FT. THICK. FIVE TO TEN LESSER VEINS GENERALLY TRENDING NORTHWEST, BT ALSO DUE WEST AND DUE NORTH, ARE COVERED BY THE NEW MEXICO COPPER CORP. CLAIMS. 54 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS, CAVED OR INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND ADITS. SHAFTS RANGE FROM 20 TO 122 FT. IN DEPTH AND ONE ADIT REACHED ABOUT 400 FT. IN LENGTH. SURFACE WORKINGS INCLUDE NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE SUPRISE GROUP OF CLAIMS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 76, PLATE 10
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 87-95, PLATE 1
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