Battleship Group

The Battleship Group is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,639 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Battleship Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1915
Secondary: Battleship
Secondary: Lookout
Secondary: Gila Monster: Also Known As the Flagship Claims In 1900.

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kathleen Sullivan
Home Office: 935 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., San Diego, Ca. 92107
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: L. K. Diffendoffer
Years: 1937 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1895
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

Type: L
Description: Veins Occur Within Several East-Northeast Striking Shear Zones.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED ON THE BATTLESHIP CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1592 COVERING 45.185 ACRES. NEAR JUNCTION OF EMERALD AND ATWOOD VEINS IN ANDESITE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1914 CONSISTED OF A 164 FT. SHAFT, A 100 FT. SHAFT, ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS OR PROSPECT PITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES OR OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED IN 1933-1939, BUT AMOUNTS UNKNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, PLATE 14

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-89

Reference (Deposit): FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29

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

Reference (Deposit): EVELETH, R.W., AND NORTH, R.M., 1981 NMBMMR OFR-166, 12 PAGES

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