The Ester Mine is a iron and copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Ester Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ester Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Steins Pass (Kimball)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN (N67E,80SE) IN MIDDLE TERTIARY ANDESITE AND DACITE FLOWS.
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, ADIT, SHAFTS
Comment (Development): STAKED IN 1956. INACTIVE IN 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P
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