The Las Minas Jimmie Prospect is a silver and copper mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,526 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: 6,526 Feet (1,989 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 36.27667, -106.33861
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Las Minas Jimmie Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Las Minas Jimmie Prospect
Secondary: Copper Canyon Group Or Canon Del Cobre Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Abiquiu 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Plaza Colorado Land Grant
Owner Name: Copper Canyon Mining Co.
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
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: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MIDDLE ADIT OF THE LAS MINAS JIMMIE AS SHOWN ON THE CANJILON SE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST THREE SHORT ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ASH, S.R., 1974 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 179-180
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 149
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 57-58
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., BUDDING, A.J., AND PITRAT, C.W., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 75, P. 41, PLATE 6
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-102
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