The Mt. Chalchihuitl Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.47361, -106.11444
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Mt. Chalchihuitl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mt. Chalchihuitl Mine
Secondary: There Are Seventeen Different Spellings of Chalchihuitl Northrup
Secondary: 1959
Secondary: P. 532.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Cerrillos 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tri-State Syndicate
Home Office: E. Moline, Il.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 950
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 950
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: R
Description: Faults And Shear Zones
Type: L
Description: Faults And Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Turquoise
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE OPEN-PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Commodity): THE TURQUOISE WAS MINED FOR USE AS GEMSTONES
Comment (Development): THE MINE WAS FIRST WORKED BY THE FORERUNNERS OF THE PUEBLO INDIANS. TURQUOISE FROM MT. CHALCHIHUITL HAS BEEN FOUND AT CHACO CANYON, NM AND IN PLACES DOWN IN MEXICO.
Comment (Deposit): THE TURQUOISE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR NARROW VEINLETS AND STRINGERS CUTTING ALTERED MONZONITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): GUSTAFSON (1965, P. 17) REPORTS THAT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL SURFACE AT THE QUARRY SUGGESTS THAT NOT LESS THAN 500,000 CUBIC FEET OR 30,000 TO 50,000 TONS OF ROCK WERE QUARRIED FROM THE PIT. SILLIMAN (1881, P. 169) SHOWS TWO SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS AND TWO CAVES, ONE WITH A DRIFT. THE ANCIENT INDIANS MINED THE ORE WITH STONE HAMMERS AND BLASTED THE TURQUOISE ROCK BY BUILDING A HOT FIRE OVER THE ROCKS AND THEN DOUSING IT WITH WATER, CAUSING THE STONE TO BREAK. THEN, USING THE STONE HAMMERS, THE ORE WAS CRUSHED INTO BEADS TO USE FOR JEWELRY AND ORNAMENTS. (ANON., CERRILLOS NEWSPAPER, 3/12/1897).
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 163-167
Reference (Deposit): DISBROWN, A.E., AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 44-46
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, D.W., 1904, "THE GEOLOGY OF THE CERRILLOS HILLS, NM", COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, P. 86-92.
Reference (Deposit): SILLIMAN, B., 1881, "TURQUOIS OF NEW MEXICO", ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 32, SEPT. 1, 1881, P. 169
Reference (Deposit): GUSTAFSON, W.G., 1965, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NM, P. 17-19
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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