The Confidence Mine 1890's is a copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.33694, -107.60361
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Confidence Mine 1890's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confidence Mine 1890's
Secondary: Confidence Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Cuchillo District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Type: L
Description: Mineralization At Limestone-Porphyry Contact And Near North Trending Dike.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism Similar To Iron Mountain Deposits.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE ENTRANCE IS LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CUCHILLO MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF ONE 250 FT. LONG TUNNEL WITH 65 FT. OF CROSS CUTS AND A SHORT WINZE, ANOTHER TUNNEL 80 FT. IN LENGTH, AND A 50 FT. DEEP SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 101
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 123, P. 114
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