The Cuprite Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.01778, -107.20083
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Cuprite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuprite Mine
Secondary: Wheel of Fortune Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Mill Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: August Riviere
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1918
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins Occur In And Along North-Northwest Striking Shear Zones.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Propylitic Alteration.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE MINE9
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 75 FT. SHAFT AND AN ADITABOUT 625 FT. IN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, P., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-119, P. 128-139
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 45
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 258-259
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