The Eureka Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,075 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,075 Feet (2,766 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 36.00722, -106.85583
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Eureka Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Mine
Secondary: Eureka Group: Claims Patented In 1926
Secondary: Conglomerate Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Eureka
Secondary: Nacimiento Mountains District
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Nacimiento Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Earth Resources Corp.
Home Office: Cuba, N.M.
Years: 1969 -
Owner Name: G. M. Baker And R. D. Marton
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1974 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TUNNELS AND ADITS TOTALING MORE THAN 500 FT. IN LENGTH.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ADIT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINERALIZED CARBONACEOUS FOSSIL PLANT MATERIAL AND DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION OCCURRING IN INTERSTICES OF THE CLASTIC HOST ROCKS OR ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES. MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED MOSTLY TO THE LOWER PART OF A LENTICULAR CHANNEL-COMPLEX ABOUT 280 FT. WIDE AND UP TO 40 FT. THICK. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1938 COVERING 41.32 ACRES.
Comment (Identification): PATENT NO. 986449
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: USGS PP 68, P. 144-146.
Reference (Deposit): SOULE J.H., 1956, RECONAISSANCE OF THE 'RED BED' COPPER DEPOSTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO: USBM I.C. 7740, P. 43, 44, 46.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON W.E., 1967, SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BERNILILLO, SANDOVAL, AND SANTA FE COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: NMBMMR BULL. 81, P. 25-29.
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NMBM BULL. 91, P. 95, 98-100.
Reference (Deposit): DARTON N.H., 1928, 'RED BEDS' AND ASSOCIATED FORMATIONS IN NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 794, PLATE 37.
Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., KAUFMAN, W.H., AND SCHUMACHER, O.L., 1974, SANDSTONE, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NACIMIENTO REGION, NEW MEXICO: NMGS GUIDEBOOK 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 295-299.
Reference (Deposit): NM STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, ANNUAL REPORT 44TH, 1956, PP. 38, 52.
Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., MCLELLAND, D., AND KAUFMAN, W.H., 1974, NACIMIENTO PEAK QUADRANGLE, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY: NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-32.
Reference (Deposit): KAUFMAN, W.H., SCHUMACHER, O.L., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1972, STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE NACIMIENTO REGION, NEW MEXICO: NMBMMR PROGRESS/TARGET REPORT E-1, 12 p.
Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., KAUFMAN, W.H., SCHUMACHER, O.L., AND TALBOTT, L.W., 1974, STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS IN TRIASSIC SANDSTONE OF SIERRA NACIMIENTO NUM: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 69, P. 108-120.
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