Mine detail: Pintada Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims 1939: Pintada Lode #1-4'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.92175, -104.88803

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Gypsum
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939
Last production ended:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Grayburg-Queen
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Minor Folds, Wavy Bedding, And Small Gravity Faults
Tectonic:	Great Plains

References

MRDS	D011903
DEP	10014848
Reference	{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 66.}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 29-30}{Deposit:: SANDUSKY, C.L. AND KAUFMAN, W.H., 1972, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 23RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 176-177}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: SANDUSKY, C.L., AND KAUFMAN, W.H., 1972, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 23RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 176-177}
Reporter	Murray, Diane