Mine detail: Continental Underground

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.85431, -108.08531

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron, Zinc
Other material: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

References

MRDSTC39333
MAS350170017
DEP10126462
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