The Paytiamo Deposit is a copper mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,260 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,260 Feet (2,213 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.57306, -105.80111
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Paytiamo Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paytiamo Deposit
Secondary: Deposit: Paytiano
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Glorieta District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Larue Payne Paytiamo
Home Office: 317 Roslington Ave., Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deer Creek Fault; Glorieta Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOULE (1956, P.32) REPORTS ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.6 % COPPER.
Materials
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM SOULE'S (1956, P. 32) DIRECTIONS. THERE IS NO UTM GRID AT THIS LOCATION. THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 1500 FEET NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 85. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN PERMIAN SANDSTONES, AS MALACHITE AND TENORITE. THERE ARE SOME IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS NEAR THE AREAS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION. THE DEPOSIT IS EXTREMELY SMALL.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE A FEW SURFACE PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1940'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 36
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-24, 1972.
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