Mine detail: San Miguel Mine

Previously called 'Nacimiento Mountains DistrictSan Miguel GroupCopper QueenPalmerUnpatented ClaimsPatented Claims 1923: San Miguel San Miguel MinesSan Miguel No. 1-12'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.86616, -106.8881

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Silver
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1884
Last production ended:	1966

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Nacimiento Fault, Nacimiento Fault And Two Minor Faults
Tectonic:	Nacimiento Uplift

References

MRDS	D000582
MAS	350430337
DEP	10101378
Reference	{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., W.H. KAUFMAN, AND O.L. SCHUMACHER, 1974, SANDSTONE COPPER DEP. OF THE NACIMIENTO REGION, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 295-299.}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 25, 28.}{Deposit:: GREEN, M.W., ET AL., 1982, US DOE REPORT PGJ/F-024(82), APPENDIX A, B AND C.}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM, IC 7740, P.42-45.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, USGS PP 68, P. 146-147.}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM CONFIDENTIAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: SCHUMACHER, OTTO L.; GEOL. AND ORE DEP. OF THE SW NACIMIENTO RANGE, SANDOVAL CO. N. M., UNM MASTERS THESIS, 1972, P. 61-62.}{Deposit:: HOWARD, VIET E.; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 170.}{Deposit:: NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E-1, P. 7}{Deposit:: NMBMMR FILES - NACIMIENTO MINE}
Reporter	New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Wilson, Anna B., Murray, Diane, King, Robert U.