| Deposit ID | 10038909 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M046390 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ortiz Open Pit Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ortiz Mine, Old Placers |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.15085, 35.33617 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2278 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 27 MI S25W OF SANTA FE, 7 MI SOUTH OF CERRILLOS, 3 MI NORTHEAST OF GOLDEN, 35 MI NORTHEAST OF ALBUQUERQUE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013N | 007E | 24 | SW4 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Iridium Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | REPORTEDLY 0.048 OZ/TON IR IN GOLD-QUARTZ SAMPLE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte | ||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics;; | ||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics;; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Mesaverde Quartzite |
| Rock description | Mesaverde Quartzite |
| (1) | -106.15085, 35.33617 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ortiz Basin Stock; Tijeras Fault System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ortiz Basin Stock; Tijeras Fault System |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN, DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 E |
| Dip | 75 NW |
| Length | 804.65M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to bottom | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1832 |
| Discoverer | A Mexican Sheepherder |
| Year of first production | 1832 |
| Year of last production | 1937 |
| District name | Old Placers District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Fields Mining Co. |
| Home office | Cerrillos, Nm. |
| First year | 1984 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 90000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Overall length | 396.24M |
| Overall width | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M046390 |
OWEN, R.E., AND COX, E.T., 1865, REPORT ON THE MINES OF NEW MEXICO: WASH., D.C., PUB. BY JUDGE JOHN S. WATTS, GIDEON AND PEARSON, PRINTERS, P. 15, 49.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 169.
JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS (WORLD'S FAIR ED.): SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING CO., P. 23.
NORTHRUP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, P. 262-263.
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BERNALILLO, SANDOVAL, AND SANTA FE COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 81, P. 46.
NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, GENERAL FILE DATA
DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5517, P. 38-46.
BACHMAN, G.O., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MADRID QUADRANGLE, SANTA FE AND SANDOVAL COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 74-175, SCALE 1:48,000.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INSPECTION, 1980, SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 57.
MCQUISTON, F.W., JR., AND SHOEMAKER, R.S., 1981, GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE, V. 2, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 47-50.
MAYNARD, S.R., 1991, GEOLOGY AND GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE ORTIZ MOUNTAINS, IN JULINA, BETSY, AND ZIDEK, JIRI, EDS., FIELD GUIDE TO GEOLOGIC EXCURSIONS IN NEW MEXICO AND ADJACENT AREAS OF TEXAS AND COLORADO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 137, P. 65-69.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS AND STRINGERS IN THE BRECCIATED MARGIN OF THE ORTIZ BASIN STOCK. THE VEIN PINCHES AND SWELLS IRREGULARLY. ORE ABOVE THE 200-FT LEVEL IS OXIDIZED AND FREE MILLING; BELOW 200 FT, PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE APPEAR. SPECULARITE AND MAGNETITE ARE FOUND ON THE DUMP MATERIAL. SOME ARSENOPYRITE AND GALENA ARE ALSO REPORTED.; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: SYENITE-HOSTED CU-AU-PGE?. |
| Deposit | RECORD D007829 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-90 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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