Mine detail: Copper Flat Mine

Previously called 'Claims Patented In 1897CumberlandCongoLaura R.Copper CarbonateLime MineCopper GlanceLexingtonFree SilverSuperiorLittle KeyReservationSumpter'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.80678, -108.12283

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Magnetite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1947

Geology

Host rock:	Oswaldo Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Copper Flat Quartz Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Latite

References

MRDS	D009714
DEP	10101819
Reference	{Deposit:: SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 38-39}{Deposit:: MULLEN, D. H., AND STORMS, W. R., 1948 USBM RI-4228, 8 PAGES}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 52-53}{Deposit:: HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306}{Deposit:: JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.}{Production:: HILLESLAND ET AL (1994) P. 2}
Reporter	Menzie, David, Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron), Long, Keith R.