The Buckeye Mine is a copper mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,024 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,024 Feet (2,141 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.01861, -107.13500
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Buckeye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Mine
Secondary: Buckeye Group Includes the Mammoth Group of J Claims Patented In
Secondary: 1908: Patented Claims
Secondary: Mammoth No. 2
Secondary: Oro Fino
Secondary: Nineveh Copper
Secondary: Buckeye No. 3: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Buckeye Nos. 4 To 8
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdlena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Vernon F. Foy
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Beacon Exploration And Development Co.
Home Office: 6500 Cochiti Road Se, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Type: L
Description: Numerous Minor Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 258
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46-152
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