Torpedo Mine

The Torpedo Mine is a copper mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,249 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Torpedo Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1902
Secondary: Torpedo
Secondary: Little Ben Scott

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Torpedo Mining Co.
Home Office: Organ, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Continental Mutual Development Co.
Home Office: San Jose, Ca.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1899
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone Strikes North-South.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization And Pyritization.

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Kaolinite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS RANGING FROM 200 FT. TO 500 FT. IN DEPTH, ABOUT 2500 FT. OF DRIFTING AND MANY LARGE STOPES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE TORPEDO MINE.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIATED AND ALTERED MONZONITE AND LIMESTONE ENCLOSED BY TWO NORTH-STRIKING FAULTS. THE DEPOSIT IS 800 FT. LONG, UP TO 150 FT. THICK AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 500 FT.. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1079 COVERING 36.764 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-212

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 214-219

Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 33-35

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1951 USBM RI-4791, 10 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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