The Rio Tinto Mine is a mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,965 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,965 Feet (1,818 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.2667, -106.61670
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Rio Tinto Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio Tinto Mine
Secondary: Conqueror Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Mexico Copper Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 300ST OF FL-PB-CU ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 P 78
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