Image of the Day — Moonrise Over Copper Flat
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Moonrise Over Copper Flat. Moonrise reflected in the pit lake at Copper Flat Copper Mine, Hillsboro, Sierra Co., New Mexico.
Image taken:
12/14/2022
by: Mark Leo-Russell
©
2022
Image courtesy of Mark Leo-Russell for use by the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. All other rights and use restricted.
Longitude: -107.53
Latitude: 32.97
(WGS 84 or NAD 83)
About this image
The Copper Flat Mine in south central New Mexico is a porphyry copper deposit discoverd in 1975 and mined until 1982 when low copper prices caused operations to stop. Efforts are underway to reopen the mine. Copper Flat is one of the eastern-most copper porphyry deposits that occur in the Laramide Arizona-Sonora-New Mexico porphyry copper belt which extends from central Arizona across northern Mexico into southwestern New Mexico. The NM Bureau of Geology working with the US Geological Survey has been studying the area for cadmium, manganese, tellurium, rhenium and rare earth elements (REEs).
Camera Details
Canon PowerShot S5 IS Exposure: 6.0 mm f/4.0 1/318 sec ISO 100.
Image posted: 05-31-2023