Mine detail: Estey City Copper Mines

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.57454, -106.26779
dep_id: 10087891
mrds_id: D010618
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Is Localized In Permeable Channel Zones And Is Commo Nly Associated With Carbonaceous Debris (Fossil Wood And Plants).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Abo Formation
hrock_type: Arkose
Year first produced: 1925
yr_lst_prd: 1918
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Deposit:: PETERS, E.D., 1882 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL. 34, P. 270-272
  • Deposit:: TURNER, H.W., 1903 AM. INST. MINING ENG. TRANS., VOL 33, P. 678-681
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 01-203
  • Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 66
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 105-106, PLATE 2
  • Deposit:: BACHMAN, G.O., 1968 USGS PP 594-J, P. 38-40, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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