Las Minas Jimmie

The Las Minas Jimmie is a copper mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,519 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

Name: Las Minas Jimmie

State: New Mexico

County: Rio Arriba

Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 36.2761, -106.46220

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Las Minas Jimmie MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Las Minas Jimmie
Secondary: Jimmie's Prospect
Secondary: Trejo

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): P 104-105

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954 NMBM BULL. 39 1957

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON E.C. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR

Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 603 1969 P 47

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT L.S. URANIUM RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO USGS BULL. 794 1928 P 165

Reference (Deposit): DARTON N.H. "RED BEDS" AND ASSOCIATED FORMATIONS IN NEW

Reference (Deposit): P 281- 285

Reference (Deposit): FROM NEW MEXICO U.S. NAT. MUS. PROC. VOL. 13 1890

Reference (Deposit): FONTAINE W.M. AND KNOWLTON F.H. NOTES ON TRIASSIC PLANTS

Reference (Deposit): 1956 P 57, 58

Reference (Deposit): IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO USBM I.C. 7740

Reference (Deposit): SOULE J.H. RECONNAISSANCE OF THE "RED BED" COPPER DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): P 181

Reference (Deposit): NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, GHOST RANCH, 1974,

Reference (Deposit): 1961

Reference (Deposit): SMITH ET AL. GEOLOGY, CHAMA BASIN NMBM BULL. 75 PLATE 6,

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 100-101, 102

Reference (Deposit): BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

Reference (Deposit): OCCURENCE OF URANIUM NOTED IN HILPERT

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