Copiapo Jarosite Mine

The Copiapo Jarosite Mine is a iron mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copiapo Jarosite Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Northern Franklin Mountains District: Webb Gap Area

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

Owner Name: H. W. Eldred
Home Office: Bath, Maine
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: F. Schneider Co.
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1928 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1928
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Within A Fault Striking N 02 W And Dipping 38 Ne.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Jarosite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Aragonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 200 FT. IN LENGTH WITH FOUR WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 200 FT. OF DRIFTS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE ANTHONY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): DUNHAM, 1935, REPORTED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAINT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CROPS OUT FOR A LENGTH OF 1000 FT. AND RANGES FROM 6 FT. TO 15 FT. THICK. SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

References

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 243-244

Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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