Description
Indians Or Early Spanish Settlers
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryTungsten, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlAn Irregular Breccia Pipe; Ortiz Basin Stock
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite, Silver
GangueHematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mesaverde Quartzite
Associated rockQuartzite · Mesaverde Quartzite;Espinosa Volcanics
StructureOrtiz Basin Stock; Tijeras Fault System, An Irregular Breccia Pipe; Ortiz Basin Stock
Tectonic settingLa Bajada Constriction
AlterationThe Original Feldspars In The Quartzite Clasts And The Common Porphyry Clasts Are Intensely Altered To Clay-Sericite-Carbonate Minerals. The Metashales Consist Of Microscopic Sericite Embedded In A Finely Divided Matrix Of Quartz And Feldspar.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1828
Last production1945
Discovery year1828
Identification
Deposit ID10009946
MRDS IDD003247
Alternate namesMine: Cunningham Hill Deposit, Ortiz Open-Pit Mine, South Tunnel, Delores Tunnel, Upper and Lower Wagon Tunnel, Shafts 1-5
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.34034, -106.13668
References
JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 21-28LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 167-170.CRANE, G.W., 1937, "REPORT ON CUNNINGHAM MINE, ORTIZ MINE GRANT, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO", PRIVATE REPT TO THEORTIZ GRANT MINES CORP., ALBUQUERQUE, NM, MAY 31, 1937.DALE, V.B AND W.A. MCKINNEY, 1959, USBM RI-5517ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NBMMR BULL 81, P. 43-49NICHOLSON, M.E., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 27-28WRIGHT, A., 1983, NBMG REPT. 36, P. 42-51NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAUSGS MRDS FILE, 1984