Charles

The Charles is a copper and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Charles

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon

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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN ALONG FAULT (N45E, VERT) IN CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 30 M. DEEP WITH DRIFTS ON 15 M. AND 30 M. LEVELS. OLDER SHAFTS INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Deposit): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1927;NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P. 104

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