Mine detail: Courtney Mine

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Location: Otero County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.91456, -105.83333
dep_id: 10014006
mrds_id: D010603
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Permeable Channel Zones And By Carbonac Eous Debris (Fossil Wood And Plants).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Abo Formation
hrock_type: Arkose
Year first produced: 1914
yr_lst_prd: 1961
References:
  • Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 70-71
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 102-103
  • Deposit:: JEROME, S.E., CAMPBELL, D.D., WRIGHT, J.S., AND VITZ, H.E., 1965 NM BMMR BULL 86, P. 23, PLATE 3
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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