Chapo Mine

The Chapo Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,951 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chapo Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Apache No. 2 District

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: F. P. Brown
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1939
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1957 CONSISTED OF A 180 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. THE SHAFT WAS FLOODED AND USED AS A STOCK WELL.

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

Comment (Deposit): FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1939.

References

Reference (Deposit): STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 327, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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