(Facility) Chino Copper Smelter

Plant in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135297
MRDS ID D000578
MAS/MILS ID 0350170287
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Chino Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Hurley Reduction Plant, Hurley Mill and Smelter, Kennecott Mill and Smelter
Related records 10296543

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -108.12501, 32.69732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1629
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurley West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 S 012 W 31 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -108.12501, 32.69732

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chino Mines Co.
    ID 2900014
    Interest 67
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsubishi Materials Corp
    ID 2900014
    Interest 33
    Home office Japan
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN QUAD HURLEY EAST

  • Deposit

    SIXTY FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT STATE INSPECTOR MINES P70

  • Deposit

    NMBM CARD INDEX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/10/1983
MSHA mine ID2900014
Mine name (MSHA)Chino Concentrator
Current operatorChino Mines Company
Current controller (parent)Kennecott Corp & Mitsubishi Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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