| Deposit ID | 10014466 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011255 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spanish Queen Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: East, Burnett |
| Related records | 10247950 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.7117, 35.73172 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1847 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 31.6 MILES N17W OF BERNALILLO, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sandoval(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ponderosa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jemez(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sandoval |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017N | 002E | 03 | NE OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Abo Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Abo | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Abo Formation |
|---|
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1575 |
| Discoverer | Jemez Pueblo Indians Or Early Spanish Conquistadores |
| Year of first production | 1575 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
| District name | Jemez Springs District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Burnett Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011255 |
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 23-24
JONES, F.A., 1929, "REPORT ON THE SPANISH QUEEN COPPER MINE OF THE JEMEZ RIVER CANYON, NEW MEXICO," JOHN BARRY PAPERS-UTEP
USBM CONFIDENTIAL FILES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 24
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS AS A "RED BED" COPPER DEPOSIT. THERE ARE SEVERAL HORIZONS IN WHICH DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OF ORE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WOODY OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL. |
| Deposit | ELSTON (1967, P. 23) REPORTS "THE SPANISH QUEEN MINE IS SURROUNDED BY LEGENDS OF FABULOUS TREASURES IN GOLD AND SILVER IT SUPPOSEDLY YIELDED IN THE DAYS OF THE CONQUISTADORES. THE LEGENDS IGNORE THE LOW TENOR OF PRECIOUS METALS TYPICAL IN DEPOSITS OF THIS TYPE. EVEN THE US ARMY MAP SERVICE'S 1:250,000 ALBUQUERQUE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWS THE SPANISH QUEEN AS A GOLD MINE." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1500'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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