Hermosa Mountain Prospect

The Hermosa Mountain Prospect is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Hermosa Mountain Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover (Central)

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: Cobre Mining Co.
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Supergene Enrichment
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1993
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: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Development): SUPERGENE CHALCOCITE MINERALIZATION CUT BY ONE DRILL HOLE IN 1994. DEPOSIT HAS YET TO BE DELINEATED.

Comment (Deposit): ONE DRILL HOLE INTERCEPT CUT ABOUT 100 FT SUPERGENE CHALCOCITE MINERALIZATION AT ABOUT 150 FT DEPTH.

Comment (Location): ON NE SPUR FROM NE SIDE OF HERMOSA MOUNTAIN

Comment (Geology): ADJACENT TO LCRET CONTINENTAL BRECCIA BODY

Comment (Deposit): PART OF CONTINENTAL MINE PROPERTY NW OF CONTINENTAL PIT

References

Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 22 P.

Reference (Deposit): FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R, LONG, USGS.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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