Mine detail: Cuprite Mine

Previously called 'Wheel of Fortune Mine'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.01787, -107.20143
dep_id: 10012497
mrds_id: D008152
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification And Propylitic Alteration.
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Veins Occur In And Along North-Northwest Striking Shear Zones.
Year first produced: 1950
yr_lst_prd: 1918
References:
  • 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
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