The Tampa Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.655, -106.14306
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Tampa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tampa Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Bromide No. 2 District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tusas Peak Gold And Copper Mining Co.
Years: 1904 -
Owner Name: Las Tusas Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1907 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: PINCH-AND-SWELL VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity And Fractures, Folding Of Early Schistosity
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT. DEPOSIT IS IN CARSON NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Commodity): OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM OR PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ASSAYS OF ORE FROM THE TAMPA MINE HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT IS UNVERIFIED. LINDGREN AND OTHERS, P. 132, REPORTED THAT COPPER ORE FROM THE TAMPA MINE WAS TESTED FOR PLATINUM BY LEDOUX AND CO., OF NEW YORK, BUT NONE WAS FOUND.
Comment (Production): TWO CARLOADS AT $15/TON AT GRADES OF 0.125 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG, AND THE REST CU
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 1,000 FT OF DRIFTING ON FIVE LEVELS. THERE WERE WATER PROBLEMS BELOW THE 300 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): GREENSCHIST IS PRESENT NEARBY AND TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, AND BASALT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPOSIT
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SULFIDE REPLACEMENTS AND QUARTZ VEINS. OXIDIZED ORE IS GOOD BUT SULFIDE ORE IS TOO LOW GRADE TO BE MINED PROFITABLY
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS (WORLD'S FAIR ED.): SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING CO. P. 349.
Reference (Deposit): NORTHROP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 404 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 124-126, 130-132.
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 91, P. 86-94.
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1974, METALLIC DEPOSITS OF THE TUSAS MOUNTAINS, IN SIEMERS, C.T., ED., SILVER ANNIVERSARY GUIDEBOOK, CENTRAL-NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 317-320.
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, GENERAL FILE DATA.
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