Santa Rita, New Mexico
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Santa Rita is a ghost town in Grant County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The site of Chino copper mine, Santa Rita was located fifteen miles east of Silver City.
Santa Rita in 1919 with mine in background
Chino mine
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The Chino Mine, also known as the Santa Rita mine or Santa Rita del Cobre, is an American open-pit porphyry copper mine located in the town of Santa Rita, New Mexico 15 miles east of Silver City. The
Santa Rita, New Mexico
…Santa Rita is a ghost town in Grant County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The site of Chino copper mine, Santa Rita was located fifteen miles (24 km) east of Silver City. Copper mining in the area began late in the Spanish colonial period, but it was not…
Chino mine in 2003
Native copper from Chino (size: 11.2 x 9.3 x 0.4 cm). Chino is well known among mineral collectors for its many native-copper specimens
Massive dump truck, Chino Mine, 2021