Mine detail: Ortiz Open Pit Mine

Previously called 'Old PlacersOrtiz Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.33617, -106.15085

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Iridium, Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Specularite
Gangue: Epidote, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEIN, DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1832

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1832
Last production ended: 1937

Geology

Host rock:Mesaverde Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Espinosa Volcanics;;
Associated type:Trachyte
Structure:Ortiz Basin Stock; Tijeras Fault System
Tectonic:La Bajada Constriction, Basin And Range

References

MRDSM046390
DEP10038909
Reference{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.}
ReporterMurray, Diane, Peterson, Jocelyn A., Blair, Will N., Menzie, David