Mine detail: Copper Dick Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1893Copper Dick'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.85736, -108.46118
dep_id: 10013909
mrds_id: D010464
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Actinolite, Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Deposits Occur In A Garnet Zone At The Intersection With A Lamprophyre Dike.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Hell-To-Finish Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1905
yr_lst_prd: 1954
disc_yr: 1890
discr: J.B. Tyler
References:
  • 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.
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