Hobson Claim

The Hobson Claim is a copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,675 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Hobson Claim  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Hidalgo

Elevation: 4,675 Feet (1,425 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 32.31833, -108.75333

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Hobson Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hobson Claim
Secondary: Part of the Eighty-Five Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Home Office: Tyrone, N.M.
Years: 1960 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 14 OF USGS BULL 885.

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1616. SHORT NE-TRENDING VEIN OFF THE ATWOOD VEIN IN ANDESITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151


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