| Deposit ID | 10087891 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010618 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Estey City Copper Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.26779, 33.57454 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1539 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 23 MILES S 78 W OF CARRIZOZO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mockingbird Gap SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 008S | 006E | 36 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Model code | 197 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 30b |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 63 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose | ||||
| Rock unit name | Abo Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Abo Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.26779, 33.57454 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | Estey District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Sands Missile Range And The State Of New Mexico |
| First year | 1983 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010618 |
PETERS, E.D., 1882 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL. 34, P. 270-272
TURNER, H.W., 1903 AM. INST. MINING ENG. TRANS., VOL 33, P. 678-681
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 01-203
SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 66
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 105-106, PLATE 2
BACHMAN, G.O., 1968 USGS PP 594-J, P. 38-40, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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