The Orejon Mine is a zinc, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.33611, -106.58056
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Orejon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Orejon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAND SORTED SPECIMENS: 0.06 OZ/ST AU, 28.5 OZ/ST AG, 10.4% CU, 9.0% ZN, 21.1% PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Andradite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Workings): 100 FT TUNNEL, 125 FT INCLINE.
Comment (Location): S OF MODOC MINE. JUST OUTSIDE OF FORT BLISS MILITARY RESERVATION. IN THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P.
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981, GEOLOGY OF ORGAN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 36, 97 P.
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