The Green Mountain Group is a copper and tungsten mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.23833, -105.74278
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Green Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Mountain Group
Secondary: Green Mountain Group Patented In 1908: Claims
Secondary: Mcclure Lode
Secondary: Anderson Lode
Secondary: Emerald Lode: Copper Ridge Or Copper Hill Tungsten Deposit 1951
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Picuris District: Copper Ridge Or La Sierrita Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Green Mountain Copper Co.
Years: 1900 -
Owner Name: Arthur Montgomery
Years: 1951 -
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1199 COVERING 61.983 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT IN SECTION 11 NEAR THE BOUNDARY OF THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST AND THE PICURIS PUEBLO GRANT AS SHOWN ON THE PENASCO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1904 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT. TUNNEL AND REPORTED IN 1951 TO CONSIST OF AN OLD SHAFT 175 FT. DEEP WITH AN OPENCUT AND PROSPECT PITS NEAR THE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 161
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91
Reference (Deposit): MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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