The Pintada Mine is a copper mine located in Guadalupe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,059 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,059 Feet (1,542 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.92167, -104.88750
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Pintada Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pintada Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims 1939: Pintada Lode #1-4
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Guadalupe
District: Pastura 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert E. Roberts
Home Office: P.O. Box 389, Santa Rosa, N.M.
Years: 1970 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Folds, Wavy Bedding, And Small Gravity Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS LOCATED IN RELATIVELY FLAT-LYING, FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE. THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN THREE WELL-DEFINED BEDS WITH A TOTAL THICKNESS OF 10-20 FEET. A GYPSUM BED THAT OVERLIES THE TOP SANDSTONE MEMBER IS USED AS AN INDICATOR TO POSITION THE COPPER-BEARING BEDS. THE ORE MINERAL IS FINELY DISSEMINATED CHALCOCITE IN A FINELY GRANULATED, WELL CEMENTED SANDSTONE. CHALCOCITE IS PRESENT IN THE ORE AS DARK PATCHES AND STREAKS IN THE LIGHT-GRAY SANDSTONE. ALTERATION TO MALACHITE IS PROMINENT IN BEDDING PLANES AND FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A MAIN PIT THAT COVERS AN AREA 200 FEET LONG AND 50 TO 60 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET DEEP AND LIMITS OF THE OREBODY WERE TESTED BY 6 SMALL, SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PINTADA MINE SHOWN ON THE SAN IGNACIO QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): THE PINTADA MINE HAS HAD PRODUCTION SPORADICALLY SINCE 1939. NO OTHER FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 29-30
Reference (Deposit): SANDUSKY, C.L. AND KAUFMAN, W.H., 1972, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 23RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 176-177
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): SANDUSKY, C.L., AND KAUFMAN, W.H., 1972, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 23RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 176-177
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