The Estey City Copper Mines is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,049 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.57444, -106.26722
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Estey City Copper Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Estey City Copper Mines
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Estey District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range And The State Of New Mexico
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RUINS OF ESTEY CITY. MOST OF THE MINE S AND PROSPECTS ARE LOCATED LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE T OWNSITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SMALL OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, AND SHALLOW S HAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERS, E.D., 1882 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL. 34, P. 270-272
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H.W., 1903 AM. INST. MINING ENG. TRANS., VOL 33, P. 678-681
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 01-203
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 66
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 105-106, PLATE 2
Reference (Deposit): BACHMAN, G.O., 1968 USGS PP 594-J, P. 38-40, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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