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San Francisco mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USAi
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New Placers DistrictMining District
Santa Fe CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 15' 10'' North , 106° 6' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
San Pedro184 (2011)10.0km
Cedar Grove747 (2011)12.2km
Madrid204 (2011)17.7km
Los Cerrillos321 (2011)20.6km
Cerrillos241 (2006)20.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
47778
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:47778:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Part of San Pedro group. Copper mine.
Structure: A Dome-Like Warp

Tectonics: San Pedro-Ortiz Porphyry Belt

Deposit: Discovery year: 1950-1951 sparse scheelite mineralization occurs with copper sulfides and oxides, gold and pyrite along 3 bedding plane fractures in a highly silicified and garnetized limestone. The ore is found associated with carbonaceous debris in tabular or irregular pod-like shapes. The ore horizon is often found in coarse-grained sandstone or in lower channel sandstones. See also: alta mine; black jack no. 1 mine, black jack no. 2 mine, evelyn mine, francis mine, and mariano lake mine, red top mine, ruby no. 1 and no. 2 decline ruby no. 3 and no. 4 decline, and silver bit mine. Mclemore's (1983) open-file report has the most comprehensive bibliography. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept discovery year: late 1880's

Development: The mariano lake mine operated by gulf resources corp. Is the only mine presently in operation.

Geology: The deposits occur in both the brushy basin and westwater canyon members of the morrison formation.

Rock formation(s): Madera Limestone


Ore(s): Bedding Plane Fractures

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8 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Gold1.AA.05Au
Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O HematiteFe2O3
O QuartzSiO2
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AgSilver
Ag SilverAg
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Au GoldAu

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