Mine detail: Copper Dick Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1893Copper Dick'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.85736, -108.46118

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Actinolite, Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905
Last production ended:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Hell-To-Finish Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	D010464
DEP	10013909
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 92-93}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 214}{Deposit:: ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.}
Reporter	Menzie, David