Mine detail: Black Copper Mine

Previously called 'Carbonate QueenBlack Copper Group Patented In 1904Claims, Black CopperBlack Copper No. 2Gold GarnerValleyBenzuealiaJubileeGolconda'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.63726, -105.37084

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	FISSURES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	A Major, N 20 E Striking Fault Cuts Between The Shaft And The Western Adits.

References

MRDS	D008277
DEP	10012588
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN,W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 86}{Deposit:: PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 24-25}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 90-93}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2}
Reporter	Menzie, David