Turkey Group

The Turkey Group is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Turkey Group
Secondary: Iowa and New Mexico Mining and Milling Co. Claims: Claims Patented In
Secondary: 1906
Secondary: Richard Carver
Secondary: Montezuma
Secondary: Monte Cristo
Secondary: Monte Carlo
Secondary: King Rex
Secondary: Lawton
Secondary: Little Iva
Secondary: Mattie W.
Secondary: Sunday
Secondary: Lucky
Secondary: Stonewall Jackson

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1900 -

Owner Name: Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1902 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1902
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: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ELEVEN SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT WERE REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 TO CONTAIN FROM 0.02 TO 0.08 OZ AU/TON AND FROM 0.08 TO 0.56 OZ AG/TON. THIRTY-EIGHT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM 15 WORKINGS AND 3 OUTCROPS ON THE TURKEY GROUP CLAIMS AND REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT WHICH IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE WORKING ON THE TURKEY GROUP OF CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND STRINGERS UP TO 7 FT. THICK. ELEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1267 COVERING 210.3296 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT ABOUT 500 FT. LONG, SEVERAL CAVED SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.

References

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 178

Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 40-44, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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