Mine detail: Eagle Mine

Previously called 'Occidental MinesVolney Mine'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.75236, -108.22061
dep_id: 10009211
mrds_id: D001957
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Gold, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rock.
Reporter: Miller, M. H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit: U-Bar Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1938
References:
  • Deposit:: COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 347
  • Deposit:: STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 192-198, PLATES 1 AND 9
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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