The Minerva Group is a copper, zinc, and lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.02417, -107.14750
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Minerva Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minerva Group
Secondary: Hall-Lytton Property: Claims
Secondary: Minerva Nos. 1 To 18
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hezekiah Hall And Lee Lytten
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 1500 FT. TUNNEL, A 30 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 700 FT. OF WORKINGS, A FEW SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW EXPLORATORY SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 48-51
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