Mining History Association
21st Annual Conference, June 10-13, 2010 Global Resource Center Western New Mexico University Silver City, New Mexico
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The Kennecott Copper Corporation (KCC), Chino Mines Division, became a major zinc producer at its Ivanhoe and Oswaldo #1 and #2 Mines, located north of the Chino pit. The Oswaldo properties operated from 1942 to 1969. The ores were processed at the Empire Mill. Manganese was mined in the district during both World Wars with the Lost Treasure Mine as the major producer. In 1967, copper production began at the Continental Mine. The mine was inactive in 2010 and FMCG has announced that it intends to reclaim the property. |
Eugene Carter Anderson, “The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954,” State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Bulletin 39, (Socorro, New Mexico: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1957). William Rich Jones, Robert Mann Hernon, and Samuel L. Moore, “General Geology of Santa Rita Quadrangle, Grant County, New Mexico,” U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 555, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1967). John M. Sully II, “Copper King,” Desert Exposure, October 2007, http://www.desertexposure.com/200710/200710_santa_rita_copper.php, Accessed 21 December 2011.
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