Mine detail: Apache Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.84542, -108.30561

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Bismutite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Mojado Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	D001327
DEP	10008863
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 334}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 82}{Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 23-24}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 177-192, PLATES 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8}{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR 22.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Miller, M.H., Menzie, David, Bolm, Karen S.