Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

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Porphyry copper deposit.
Comprised of two open pit mines (North pit and South pit) and includes the Groundhog, Pewabic and Empire skarn occurrences.

References

- (in part): Dana 6:22.
- Rose, A.W., and Baltosser, W.W. (1966): The porphyry copper deposit at Santa Rita, New Mexico, in: Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L. (eds.): Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America. University of Arizona Press (Tucson), 205–220.
- Econ Geol (1980) 75:229-250.
- Einaudi, M.T. (1982): Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons, in: Titley, S.R. (ed.): Advances in geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America. University of Arizona Press (Tucson), 139–183.
- Econ Geol (1985) 80:1328-1347.
- Audétat, A., Pettke, T., and Dolej, D. (2004): Magmatic anhydrite and calcite in the ore-forming quartz-monzonite magma at Santa Rita, New Mexico (USA): genetic constraints on porphyry-Cu mineralization. Lithos 72, 147–161.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2005): Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Map, and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 05-1060.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
-Lueth, V, R. Gibbs, and R, North (2009) A history of Mineral Collecting at the Chino Mine, Grant County, New Mexico. Rocks & Minerals 84:492-500.

Mineral List

Actinolite Alunite Andradite Anhydrite 'Apatite' Azurite Beraunite Biotite Bornite Calcite Chalcocite var: Ducktownite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group'

Chrysocolla Copper Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Diopside Dufrénite Enargite Epidote Galena 'Garnet' Goethite Gold Gypsum Hematite

Hematite var: Specularite Ilvaite Kaolinite 'K Feldspar' Leucophosphite Libethenite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Meurigite-K (TL) Molybdenite Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Orthoclase

Pseudomalachite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Siderite Smithsonite Sphalerite Tenorite Torbernite Turquoise Zeolite Group

53 entries listed. 44 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).