The Burro Chief Mine is a mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,978 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
Elevation: 5,978 Feet (1,822 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 32.6497, -108.37170
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Burro Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burro Chief Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Tyrone
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Halloysite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Turquoise
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 71,736ST.
References
Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 21 P 69 71
Reference (Deposit): US GEOL SUR BULL 973F P 272 275
Reference (Deposit): US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 64
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 83 P 52 53
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