Copper Dick Mine

The Copper Dick Mine is a copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,449 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Dick Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1893
Secondary: Copper Dick

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Sylvanite District

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: H. B. Tyler
Home Office: Conneaut, Oh.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Tuco Mining Co.
Home Office: Tucson, Az.
Years: 1954 -

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1905 To 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.03 Oz Au/Ton.
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1905 To 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.32 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1905 To 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 3.73 % Cu.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1890
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1905 TO 1907, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1934 AND 1954.

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 850 COVERING 18.196 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INACCESSIBLE, 80 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A SMALL OPEN PIT.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE HACHITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 92-93

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 214

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

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