| Deposit ID | 60000393 |
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| MRDS ID | D012095 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Nacimiento Mountains District |
| Alternate or previous names | Sierra Nacimiento District, Copper City, San Francesca, San Miguel Mine, Senorita, Senorito, Nacimiento District, Nacimiento Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.8972, 35.9939 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE ESTIMATED CENTER OF THE LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT, THE NACIMIENTO OPEN-PIT MINE. THE DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES THE EUREKA MINE IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY AND MINES SHOWN ON THE CUBA 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sandoval(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Pablo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Puerco(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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| (1) | -106.8972, 35.9939 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure description | NACIMIENTO, BLUE BIRD, AND EL CAJETE FAULTS, AND A MAJOR MONOCLINAL FOLD |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Discoverer | Early Spanish Settlers |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1974 |
| District name | NACIMIENTO MOUNTAINS DISTRICT |
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| Year | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1880-1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Data for 1929, 1967, and 1971-1974 is withheld. McLemore and Hoffman report 27,704 short tons (=25133 mt) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 25133mt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 5400000 | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 5.4 M metric tons @ 0.56% Cu and an additional 11.8 M metric tons at 0.48% cu. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 11800000mt | ||||||||||||||
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JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 187-189.
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 143-145.
SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 44-47.
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 108-109.
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 25-29.
TALBOTT, L.W., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 301-303.
WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, ECON GEOL., V. 69, P. 108-120.
WOODWARD, L.A., KAUFMAN, W.H., AND SCHUMACHER, O.L., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 295-297.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
McLemore, V.T., and Hoffman, G., 2005, Mineral deposits in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, p. 445-456.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "Deposit" includes the Nacimiento, Eureka, and San Miguel Mines as well as smaller "mines". Reserves are for the Nacimiento Mine, the largest of the mines in the district. Production is not reported for the individual mines. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | 2010-04-21 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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