Mine detail: Blake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.3834, -105.30861

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Microcline, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Sangre De Cristo
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline
Tectonic:	Sangre De Cristo Uplift
Alteration processes:	The Ore Has Undergone Marked Oxidation.

References

MRDS	D011793
DEP	10014824
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 117-120}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: LINDGREN, GRATON, AND GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 117-120.}
Reporter	Murray, Diane