The Lordsburg is a copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,724 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,724 Feet (1,440 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.2881, -108.76250
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Lordsburg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lordsburg
Secondary: Federal Resources Corp Concentrator
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Federal Resources Corp
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1979
Production
Year: 1993
Description: Silver 16465 Troy Oz. Ag
Year: 1993
Description: Gold 662 Troy Oz. Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Combined Methods
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Economic Factors): FLUX- THE FLUX ORE WAS CRUSHED AND SIZED BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO NEARBY COPPER SMELTERS, FOR USE AS SILICEOUS CONVERTER FLUX.
Comment (Deposit): UG MINING WAS SUSPENDED EARLY IN 1994 DUE TO INCONSISTANT SMELTER DEMAND AS WELL AS LOW ORE GRADE. OP MINING IS CONTINUING ON A LIMITED BASIS, WITH ORE BEING MARKETED TO NEARBY COPPER SMELTERS AS SILICEOUS FLUX AND ALSO AS CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONCENTRATOR FEED: 450 TPD
Reference (Deposit): NM BUREAU OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES
Reference (Deposit): LAST OPERATED 1975
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