Mine detail: Nacimiento Copper Mine

Previously called 'Nacimiento MineNacimiento Copper Mine & ConcentratorNacimiento Mountains DistrictCopper Glance-Cuprite mineCopper Glance and CupriteNacimiento Copper Uranium ProjectNacimiento Copper Mine & Plant'

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.99394, -106.8981
dep_id: 10151101
mas_id: 350430001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Azurite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Bjr, Cox, Dennis P., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_unit: Agua Zarca member of the Chinle Formation.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1971
disc_yr: 1859
References:
  • Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW 3/13/71 (START-UP, SHIFTS/DAY, WATER SUPPLY)
  • Deposit:: E/MJ DIRECTORY 1973, 74, 75, & 77 (PRODUCTION STATISTICS)
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 4/73, P. 226 (EXPLORATION, RESERVES,MINING, ORIGINAL MILL COSTS)
  • Geology:: TALBOTT, L.W., 1974, GEOL. OF THE NACIMIENTO MINE, IN N.M. GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 25, PP. 301-303.
  • Geology:: WOODWARD & OTHERS, 1974, SANDSTONE COPPER DEPOSITS, IN N.M. GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 25, PP. 295-299 (GEOL., AG GRADE)
  • Geology:: WOODWARD & OTHERS, 1974, STRATA-BOUND COPPER DEPOSITS in Triassic sandstone of Sierra Nacimiento, New Mexico: ECONOMIC GEOL., V. 69, PP. 108-120. (GEOLOGY)
  • Production:: E.F. HUTTON INVESTMENT REPORT, 8/74 (RECOVERIES)
  • Production:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, 8/15/70 (DEVELOPMENT, MILLING RATE)
  • Production:: WORLD MINING, 8/72, P. 82 (HISTORY, GEOLOGY, MINING, RECOVERIES, CONCENTRATE GRADES, MILLING EQUIPMENT LIST)
  • Production:: WRIGHT, KEN, RESIDENT MINE MANAGER, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION BY R. BAER 7/24/78 & 7/27/78 (COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED LEACHING OPERATION, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT PLANS, SIZE OF PLANT, SOLUTION CONCENTRATIONS, & NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPECTED OPERATION)
  • Production:: EARTH RESOURCES COMPANY. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 13.
  • Reserve-Resource:: EARTH RESOURCES COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS 1969-1974 (RESERVES, GEOMETRY, PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT, RECOVERIES, CONCENTRATE GRADES, MILLING RATES)
  • Reserve-Resource:: JAGER, A. & NIKLASON, M. PROGRESS REPORT ON IN-SITU SOLUTION MINING OF A NEW MEXICO CHALCOCITE DEPOSIT. IN-SITU ALL MINERAL SYMPOSIUM. WYOMING MINING AND MINERAL SECTION SME-AIME CONFERENCE, MAY 22-24, 1989. CHAP 8, 19 PP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW,6/19/71 (OXIDE RESERVES, TOTAL COST, CONSTRUCTION TIME)
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