Estey City Copper Mines

The Estey City Copper Mines is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,049 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Estey City Copper Mines

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Estey District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range And The State Of New Mexico
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1882
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RUINS OF ESTEY CITY. MOST OF THE MINE S AND PROSPECTS ARE LOCATED LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE T OWNSITE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SMALL OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, AND SHALLOW S HAFTS.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): PETERS, E.D., 1882 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL. 34, P. 270-272

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H.W., 1903 AM. INST. MINING ENG. TRANS., VOL 33, P. 678-681

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 01-203

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 66

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 105-106, PLATE 2

Reference (Deposit): BACHMAN, G.O., 1968 USGS PP 594-J, P. 38-40, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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