Mine detail: Ortiz Open Pit Mine

Previously called 'Old PlacersOrtiz Mine'

Location:	Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.33617, -106.15085
dep_id:	10038909
mrds_id:	M046390
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Trace mineral:	Copper, Iridium, Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Specularite
gangue:	Epidote, Sericite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR VEIN, DISSEMINATED
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Hypothermal
ore_ctrl:	Vein System In Brecciated Margin Of The Stock.
Reporter:	Murray, Diane, Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N., Menzie, David
hrock_unit:	Mesaverde Quartzite
hrock_type:	Quartzite
arock_unit:	Espinosa Volcanics;;
arock_type:	Trachyte
Structure:	Ortiz Basin Stock; Tijeras Fault System
tectonic:	La Bajada Constriction, Basin And Range
Year first produced:	1832
yr_lst_prd:	1937
disc_yr:	1832
discr:	A Mexican Sheepherder
References:	Deposit:: OWEN, R.E., AND COX, E.T., 1865, REPORT ON THE MINES OF NEW MEXICO: WASH., D.C., PUB. BY JUDGE JOHN S. WATTS, GIDEON AND PEARSON, PRINTERS, P. 15, 49. 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. 169. Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS (WORL* FAIR ED.): SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING CO., P. 23. Deposit:: NORTHRUP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, P. 262-263. Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BERNALILLO, SANDOVAL, AND SANTA FE COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 81, P. 46. Deposit:: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, GENERAL FILE DATA Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5517, P. 38-46. Deposit:: BACHMAN, G.O., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MADRID QUADRANGLE, SANTA FE AND SANDOVAL COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 74-175, SCALE 1:48,000. Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INSPECTION, 1980, SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 57. Deposit:: MCQUISTON, F.W., JR., AND SHOEMAKER, R.S., 1981, GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE, V. 2, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 47-50. Deposit:: MAYNARD, S.R., 1991, GEOLOGY AND GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE ORTIZ MOUNTAINS, IN JULINA, BETSY, AND ZIDEK, JIRI, EDS., FIELD GUIDE TO GEOLOGIC EXCURSIONS IN NEW MEXICO AND ADJACENT AREAS OF TEXAS AND COLORADO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 137, P. 65-69.