Las Minas De Pedro Prospect

The Las Minas De Pedro Prospect is a silver and copper mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,975 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

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Site Name

Primary: Las Minas De Pedro Prospect
Secondary: Copper Canyon Group Or Canon Del Cobre Group

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Abiquiu 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Plaza Colorado Land Grant

Owner Name: Copper Canyon Mining Co.
Years: 1917 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MIDDLE ADIT OF THE LAS MINAS DE PEDRO AS SHOWN ON THE CANJILON SE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST FIVE SHORT ADITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 149

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 57-58

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., BUDDING, A.J., AND PITRAT, C.W., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 75, P. 41, PLATE 6

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-102

Reference (Deposit): ASH, S.R., 1974 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 179-180

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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