Tullock Shaft

The Tullock Shaft is a gold, uranium, copper, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

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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: Tullock Shaft  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Uranium, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.53694, -108.35278

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Tullock Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tullock Shaft
Secondary: Valley Group Patented In 1916
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Valley
Secondary: Iron Sides
Secondary: Bell
Secondary: Talcacite
Secondary: Dagger Point
Secondary: Rabbit
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Mexico
Secondary: Dutchman


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains


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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. R. D. Tullock
Home Office: Silver City, N.M
Years: 1962 -

Owner Name: Micronesia Metal And Equipment Co.
Home Office: Washington, D.C.
Years: 1959 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1959
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: Fault Strikes N 70 W.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 260 FT. SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, A SHALLOW SHAFT AND A TUNNEL. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 150 FT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NORTHWEST STRIKING VEINS UP TO 4 FT. THICK. NINE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1626 COVERING 181.892 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.


References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 99-100, PLATE 7

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND,D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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