Mine detail: Eureka Mine

Previously called 'Conglomerate Nos. 1 and 2Nacimiento Mountains DistrictEurekaEureka Group: Claims Patented In 1926'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.00726, -106.85643

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENSE
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1956

Geology

Host rock:Chinle Formation;Agua Zarca Sandstone Member
Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSD010912
MAS350390022
DEP10014234
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: USGS PP 68, P. 144-146.}{Deposit:: SOULE J.H., 1956, RECONAISSANCE OF THE*ED BE*COPPER DEPOSTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO: USBM I.C. 7740, P. 43, 44, 46.}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NMBM BULL. 91, P. 95, 98-100.}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., KAUFMAN, W.H., SCHUMACHER, O.L., AND TALBOTT, L.W., 1974, STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS IN TRIASSIC SANDSTONE OF SIERRA NACIMIENTO NUM: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 69, P. 108-120.}{Deposit:: KAUFMAN, W.H., SCHUMACHER, O.L., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1972, STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE NACIMIENTO REGION, NEW MEXICO: NMBMMR PROGRESS/TARGET REPORT E-1, 12 p.}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., MCLELLAND, D., AND KAUFMAN, W.H., 1974, NACIMIENTO PEAK QUADRANGLE, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY: NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-32.}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., KAUFMAN, W.H., AND SCHUMACHER, O.L., 1974, SANDSTONE, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NACIMIENTO REGION, NEW MEXICO: NMGS GUIDEBOOK 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 295-299.}{Deposit:: ELSTON W.E., 1967, SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BERNILILLO, SANDOVAL, AND SANTA FE COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: NMBMMR BULL. 81, P. 25-29.}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: NM STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, ANNUAL REPORT 44TH, 1956, PP. 38, 52.}{Deposit:: DARTON N.H., 1928,*ED BED*AND ASSOCIATED FORMATIONS IN NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 794, PLATE 37.}
ReporterWilson, Anna B., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Menzie, David