Mine detail: Cuprite Mine

Previously called 'Wheel of Fortune Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.01787, -107.20143

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Veins Occur In And Along North-Northwest Striking Shear Zones.
Alteration processes:Silicification And Propylitic Alteration.

References

MRDSD008152
DEP10012497
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 258-259}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 45}{Deposit:: ALLEN, P., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-119, P. 128-139}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
ReporterMenzie, David