The Burro Mountains District is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Burro Mountains District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burro Mountains District
Secondary: Bald Mountain
Secondary: Big Burro Mountain
Secondary: Burro Mountain
Secondary: Burro Mountain-Gold Gulch
Secondary: Burro Peak
Secondary: California Gulch
Secondary: Cow Spring
Secondary: Cow Springs
Secondary: Iron Gulch
Secondary: Leopold
Secondary: Little Burro Mountains
Secondary: Oak Grove
Secondary: Oak Grove Camp
Secondary: Paschal
Secondary: Redrock Canyon
Secondary: St. Louis Canyon
Secondary: Sulphuret City
Secondary: Tyrone
Secondary: West Burro Mountains
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: BURRO MOUNTAINS DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: PEGMATITES, BASE METAL AND FLUORITE-GOLD MINERALIZATION
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Year Last Production: 1984
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: FAULTING
Description: MAJOR FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES, DIKES, PLUGS
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Text: HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, ESPECIALLY QUARTZ-SERICITE ALTERATION
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978, USGS MAPS MF-1031, MF-1037, MF-1040, AND MF-1041
Reference (Deposit): KOLESSAR, J., 1982, THE TYRONE COPPER DEPOSIT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IN TITLEY, S.R., ED., ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, UNIV. OF ARIZ. PRESS, TUCSON, P. 327-353
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC-8307, P. 64
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1970, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 115-122
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 321-324
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1922, USGS PP 122, 53 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1952, USGS BULL 973-F, P. 261-289
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 45-48
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 41-56
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