El Oro and La Plata Group

The El Oro and La Plata Group is a lead and zinc mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: El Oro and La Plata Group
Secondary: Claims: El Oro Nos 1 To 6
Secondary: La Plata Nos. 1 To 6

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Lemiiar Mountains Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Grover C. York And Susan S. York
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: York Mining Co.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
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

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone Forms Prominent Outcrops In A North Trending Zone Ranging Form 30 Ft. To 40 Ft. Wide.

Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.05 OZ AG/TON TO 2.4 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.11 % TO 1.64 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.2 % TO 22.8 % ZN
Analytical Data: 18 CHANNEL AND GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED, 0.1 % TO 10.3 % PB
Analytical Data: NONE TO 0.04 OZ AU/TON

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE 150 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT; A 62 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 200 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ON THE 50 FT. LEVEL; AND AN ADIT WITH ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CORSSCUTS INCLUDING A 50 FT. WINZE.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FORM NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE.

Comment (Location): THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LEMITAR MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE FIRST RIDGE CUT BY THE CANONCITO DEL PUERTECITO DEL LEMITAR, ALSO KNOWN AS CORKSCREW CANYON.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR NEAR THE CONTACT OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKSSHEAR ZONES. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LASKY , S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 92-93

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