Courtney Mine

The Courtney Mine is a copper mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,526 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: Courtney Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Otero

Elevation: 7,526 Feet (2,294 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 32.91444, -105.83278

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Courtney Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Courtney Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Sacramento District


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

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: F. E. Calkins
Home Office: High Rolls, N.M
Years: 1949 -

Owner Name: Quentin M. Drunzer
Home Office: Alamogordo, N.M.
Years: 1961 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1961
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: Sacramento Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE ALAMOGORDO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGL E AND THE HIGH ROLLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1965 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND TWO INACCE SSIBLE SHAFTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 70-71

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 102-103

Reference (Deposit): JEROME, S.E., CAMPBELL, D.D., WRIGHT, J.S., AND VITZ, H.E., 1965 NM BMMR BULL 86, P. 23, PLATE 3

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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