Mine detail: Tampa Mine

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Location:	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.65504, -106.14364
dep_id:	10038237
mrds_id:	M045545
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Platinum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Electrum, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite
gangue:	Chlorite, Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	PINCH-AND-SWELL VEIN
work_type:	Underground
model:	151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Reporter:	Blair, Will N., Menzie, David, Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Schistosity And Fractures, Folding Of Early Schistosity
tectonic:	Basin And Range
Year first produced:	1895
yr_lst_prd:	1907
disc_yr:	1885
References:	Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS (WORL* FAIR ED.): SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING CO. P. 349. Deposit:: NORTHROP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 404 P. Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 124-126, 130-132. Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 91, P. 86-94. Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1974, METALLIC DEPOSITS OF THE TUSAS MOUNTAINS, IN SIEMERS, C.T., ED., SILVER ANNIVERSARY GUIDEBOOK, CENTRAL-NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 317-320. Deposit:: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, GENERAL FILE DATA.