Copper Reef Group

The Copper Reef Group is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,649 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Reef Group
Secondary: Copper Reef Mine: Claims Patented In 1932
Secondary: Copper Reef
Secondary: Copper Reef No. 2
Secondary: Copper Reef No. 3

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Olivia M. Wells
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1925
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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF TEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TWELVE SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2013 COVERING ABOUT 60 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 109

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

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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