The Red Cloud Copper and Fluorite Mines is a mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.1967, -105.73970
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Red Cloud Copper and Fluorite Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cloud Copper and Fluorite Mines
Secondary: Red Cloud Mine
Secondary: Eaglenest Prospect
Secondary: Conqueror No 4 Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Red Cloud/Galli
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. E. Heim
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: C. S. Thomas
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1881
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 1000ST OF FLUORSPAR 2,384ST OF AG-PB-CU-ZN OR
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHREINER,R.A. 1993 US BUREAU OF MINES OFR 99-93
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD,G.B. 1959 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 67 P 117
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