The Torpedo Mine is a copper mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.42444, -106.59306
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Torpedo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Torpedo Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1902
Secondary: Torpedo
Secondary: Little Ben Scott
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ 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: Torpedo Mining Co.
Home Office: Organ, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Continental Mutual Development Co.
Home Office: San Jose, Ca.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1899
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone Strikes North-South.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization And Pyritization.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS RANGING FROM 200 FT. TO 500 FT. IN DEPTH, ABOUT 2500 FT. OF DRIFTING AND MANY LARGE STOPES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE TORPEDO MINE.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIATED AND ALTERED MONZONITE AND LIMESTONE ENCLOSED BY TWO NORTH-STRIKING FAULTS. THE DEPOSIT IS 800 FT. LONG, UP TO 150 FT. THICK AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 500 FT.. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1079 COVERING 36.764 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-212
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 214-219
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 33-35
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1951 USBM RI-4791, 10 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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