Ortiz Open Pit Gold Mine

The Ortiz Open Pit Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,972 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Ortiz Open Pit Gold Mine
Secondary: Ortiz Mine
Secondary: Dolores Mine
Secondary: Cunningham Mine
Secondary: Ortiz Project

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Old Placers

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: Fee Ownership
Type: Private Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Goldfields Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Lac Minerals (Usa) Inc.
Company ID: 2901314
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: American Barrick Resources Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 - 1995

Owner Name: Barrick Gold Corp. (American Barrick Resources Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Production

Year: 1987
Description: 28 Kg Au, Plant Closed Feb 1987
Year: 1986
Description: 952 Kg Au, 239 Kg Ag 751500 Mt Ore Mine Closed 12/86
Year: 1985
Description: 1,131 Kg Au, 238 Kg Ag 830100 Mt Ore
Year: 1984
Description: 2,330 Kg Au, Ag Not Reported 805200 Mt Ore
Year: 1983
Description: 1,490 Kg Au, Ag Not Reported 804800 Mt Ore
Year: 1982
Description: 1560 Kg Au, 261 Kg Ag 753000 Mt Ore
Year: 1981
Description: 1308 Kg Au, 244 Kg Ag 706400 Mt Ore
Year: 1980
Description: 1980 Production Not Reported Mt Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1833
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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

Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SHUT DOWN IN 1988. RENEWED EXPLORATION ACTIVITY HAS RESTORED OPERATION TO AN ACTIVITY EXPLORATION/DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

Comment (Production): THE ORTIZ OREBODY IS AN INTENSELY BRECCIATED MINERALIZED QUARTZITE CONTAINING DISSEMINATED PARTICLES OF GOLD. THE GOLD OCCURS AS FREE PARTICLES OF NATIVE GOLD THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT. PRODUCTION DATA FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS 1981-86. COMPANY PROVIDED AU PRODUCTION IN 1987. MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN DEC 1986 - ORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED. LEACH PLANT PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN FEB 1987. SOME GOLD PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED BY AU COMD SPEC IN 1995.

Comment (Exploration): EXPLORATION IN NEARBY AREA DURING 1989/1990 COULD RESULT IN NEW OPERATION.

Comment (Geology): THE ORTIZ OREBODY IS AN INTENSELY BRECCIATED MINERALIZED QUARTZITE CONTAINING DISSEMINATED PARTICLES OF GOLD. THE GOLD OCCURS AS FREE PARTICLES OF NATIVE GOLD THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 212-3.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TECHNOLOGIES IN SOLUTION MINING, AIME PUBLICATION, 1982,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINE, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. CH. 18 IN INTERFACING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WORLD GOLD MINE. SEPTEMBER 1983, P. 59.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P366.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): STAGE GOLD PROJECTS, V. 1, 2/92, P. 51. (CONSULTANT STUDY)

Reference (Deposit): METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, WORLDWIDE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATE-

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2-93, P.24.

Reference (Deposit): ATKINSON 1961 NMBM BULL 77 PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBM FILE DATA 1980

Reference (Workings): WORLD GOLD MINE. SEP. 1983, PP. 58-63.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. ORTIZ, GOLD FIELDS' NEW

Reference (Production): TECHNOLOGIES IN SOLUTION MINING, AIME PUB, 1982,

Reference (Production): MINE, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. CHAP 18 IN INTERFACING

Reference (Production): HICKSON, ROBIN J. HEAP LEACHING PRACTICES AT ORTIZ GOLD

Reference (Geology): ASSOCIATION 1980 MINING YEARBOOK, PP. 112-120.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P285.

Reference (Geology): MEXICO - SAMPLING AND ORE RESERVES. COLORADO MINING

Reference (Geology): SPRINGETT, MARK. EXPLORATION OF ORTIZ GOLD DEPOSIT, NEW

Reference (Geology): ASSOCIATION 1980 MINING YEARBOOK, PP. 106-111.

Reference (Geology): NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION. COLORADO MINING

Reference (Geology): LINQUIST, W. F. EXPLORATION OF THE ORTIZ GOLD DEPOSIT

Reference (Production): PP. 209-222.

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