Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.91622, -107.52477 |
dep_id: | 10008133 |
mrds_id: | D000055 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Vanadium |
Minor mineral: | Lead, Copper |
Trace mineral: | Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Descloizite, Endlichite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite |
ore_ctrl: | Fissures And Faults Provided Path For Mineralized Solutions Emanating From Shallow Igneous Mass. Overlying Shale Formed A Barrier Trapping The Mineral Solutions. |
Reporter: | Fischer, Richard P., Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
arock_type: | Monzonite |
tectonic: | Continental Platform Disrupted By Extensive Cenozoic Vulcanism And Basin And Range Deformation. |
References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., AND OTHERS, 1910, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 276
- Deposit:: HEDLUND, D C, 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
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