Continental Mill No 1

Plant in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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 10199097
MAS/MILS ID 0350170201
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Mill No 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -108.08561, 32.85431 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
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

Santa Rita Mine(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 017 S 012 W 04 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -108.08561, 32.85431

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Metallic Ventures, Inc. (Ownes Cobre Mining Co.)
    Interest 100
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mueller Industries, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Kansas
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U. V. Industries
    ID 2900731
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC., (WICHETA, KANSAN) RECENTLY SOLD THIS PROPERTY TO COBRE MINING COMPANY/METALLIC VENTURE, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIXTY FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT NM STATE MINE INSPECTOR

  • Deposit

    NMBM INDEX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/01/2018
MSHA mine ID2900731
Mine name (MSHA)Continental Mill Complex
Current operatorFreeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Freeport-McMoRan Inc
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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External references