Cobra Negra Group

The Cobra Negra Group is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,639 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cobra Negra Group
Secondary: Cobre Negro Mine: Claims Patented In 1914
Secondary: Cobra Negra
Secondary: Black Sam
Secondary: Tom Cat
Secondary: Black Copper

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

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: North American Mining Co. : Susquehanna Mining Co.
Years: 1900 -

Owner Name: L. E. Foster
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1925 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1925
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1900'S CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. SHAFT, ABOUT 700 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1504 COVERING 66.044 ACRES. ON VEIN TRENDING NE, JUST NORTH OF SW END OF EMERALD VEIN IN ANDESITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62P

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 335

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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