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: Taos County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.63726, -105.37084
dep_id: 10012588
mrds_id: D008277
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: FISSURES
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment Zone Occurs In The Upper Levels Of The Mine.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Latite
Structure: A Major, N 20 E Striking Fault Cuts Between The Shaft And The Western Adits.
Year first produced: 1895
References:
  • 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
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