Mine detail: Pintada Mine

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

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Location: Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.92175, -104.88803
dep_id: 10014848
mrds_id: D011903
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue: Gypsum
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
ore_ctrl: Favorable Bed
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Grayburg-Queen
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Minor Folds, Wavy Bedding, And Small Gravity Faults
tectonic: Great Plains
Year first produced: 1939
yr_lst_prd: 1970
disc_yr: 1895
discr: Early Indians
References:
  • 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
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