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Santa Nino Mine | |
Patagonia Mining district CompanyHavalina Mg. Co., Miama Copper Co., Southern Copper Mines Co., Beyerie, Santo Nino Mg. Co., Young & Gardner, Santo Nino lessees. Location? Mineral ProductsCu, Mo, Ag, Au-, Pb-, Zn- Type of OperationsAdit operations. Worked sporadically from the early 1900's through 1955, producting some 20,100 tons of ore averaging about 7% Cu, 1 oz. Ag/T, and minor Au. Some 299 tons of Mo ore concentrated to 16 tons of MoS2 concentrates.5 GeologyLenticular, intensely feldsparitized zone with disseminated chalcopyrite, pockets of molybdenite, pyrite and pods of quartz surrounded by zones of quartz-sulfide veinlets along faults, fissures, and joints in Laramide grandiorite.5
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