The Rita Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
Rita Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rita Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Form: LODE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RITA SHAFT WAS USED TO HOIST ORE FROM HOMESTAKE MINE AFTER THE LATTER MINE'S SHAFT HAD BURNED. ONLY MODERATE STOPING WAS DONE AT RITA.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA
Comment (Geology): THOMPSON (1991) CONCLUDED THAT ALKALIC MAGMAS AND THEIR GOLD SYSTEMS ARE DERIVED FROM MANTLE-DEEP CRUSTAL SOURCES WITH LITTLE CONTAMINATION.
Comment (Workings): ONLY A MODERATE AMOUNT OF STOPING WAS DONE AT RITA. THE PRINCIPAL STOPE WAS ADJACENT TO THE MAIN SHAFT AND EXTENDED FROM THE 125-FT LEVEL TO THE SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P
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