The Sixty Copper Group is a copper mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,221 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: 7,221 Feet (2,201 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.07556, -107.40417
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Sixty Copper Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sixty Copper Group
Secondary: Sixty Copper Group 1950: Claims
Secondary: Sixty Nos. 1,2,45
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Council Rock District
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. S. Thurmond, E. Cobb, J. Cobb, And C. Mccarty
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN SHAFT SHOWN ON THE TRES MONTOSAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE WHICH LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF ARROYO LANDAVASO ABOUT 1650 FT. SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 60.
Comment (Deposit): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 54 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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