The Courtney Mine is a copper mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,526 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,526 Feet (2,294 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.91444, -105.83278
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Courtney Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Courtney Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Sacramento 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. E. Calkins
Home Office: High Rolls, N.M
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Quentin M. Drunzer
Home Office: Alamogordo, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1961
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE ALAMOGORDO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGL E AND THE HIGH ROLLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1965 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND TWO INACCE SSIBLE SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 70-71
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 102-103
Reference (Deposit): JEROME, S.E., CAMPBELL, D.D., WRIGHT, J.S., AND VITZ, H.E., 1965 NM BMMR BULL 86, P. 23, PLATE 3
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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