Jarossa Mine

The Jarossa Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,550 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jarossa Mine
Secondary: Jarosa

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): DARTON (1928) MAY REFER TO DIFFERENT WORKINGS

Reference (Deposit): LASKY S.G. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES NMBM BULL. 7 1933

Reference (Deposit): P 88

Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL RESOURCES, 1916, PT. 1, 1919, P 206

Reference (Deposit): DARTON N.H. "RED BEDS" AND ASSOCIATED FORMATIONS IN NEW

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO USGS BULL. 794 1928 PLATE 37

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