The Copper Flat Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,375 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: 6,375 Feet (1,943 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.80667, -108.12222
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Copper Flat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Flat Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1897
Secondary: Cumberland
Secondary: Congo
Secondary: Sumpter
Secondary: Laura R.
Secondary: Copper Carbonate
Secondary: Lime Mine
Secondary: Copper Glance
Secondary: Lexington
Secondary: Free Silver
Secondary: Superior
Secondary: Little Key
Secondary: Reservation
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central District; Fdierro-Hanover 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Mexico Zinc And Copper Co. ?); Peru Mining Co. (1942?-1970?); U.S. Smelting , Refining And
Years: 1917 -
Owner Name: R. R. Foster , Peru Mining Co.
Home Office: Silver City, N. M.
Years: 1927 - 1947
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: ?-1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6.70% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE COPPER FLAT NO. 4 SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1927 TO 1930, 1937, AND FROM 1942 TO 1947.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO LIMESTONE AROUND THE SOUTH AND EAST MARGIN OF THE COPPER FLAT STOCK. TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 961 COVERING 173.734 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1948 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. SHAFT, TWO 300 FT. SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN PITS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011689 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 38-39
Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, D. H., AND STORMS, W. R., 1948 USBM RI-4228, 8 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 52-53
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.
Reference (Production): HILLESLAND ET AL (1994) P. 2
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