Mine detail: Merrimac Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.45596, -106.57307

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver, Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: PODS AND SHOOTS
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895
Last production ended: 1951

Geology

Host rock:Lake Valley Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSD001312
DEP10008854
Reference{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: DALE, V.B. AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USBM REPT. OF INVEST. 5517, 72P.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213}{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 234}{Deposit:: ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 28-30}{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
ReporterElliott, James E., Menzie, David