The Cupola Mine is a iron mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Cupola Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cupola Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1916-1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^58% Fe Avg Grade
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST SIDE OF HANOVER CREEK
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO LIMESTONE ALONG SOUTH SIDE OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODIES AS THICK AS 6 M. DEPOSIT LOCATED ON NORTH LIMB OF OVERTURNED SYNCLINE.
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, SMALL CUTS, AND PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 113-115.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 28-29.
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