Tonuco Mine

The Tonuco Mine is a mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,341 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tonuco Mine
Secondary: Tonuco and Beal Veins
Secondary: Beulah May Lode Claims 1 and 2

Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Silica

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: San Diego Mountain

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Quartz
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES CIRC 21

Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 4 P 65 72

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

Reference (Deposit): US-BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 19-22

Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 21 P 52

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