Mine detail: Chloride Flat Mines

Previously called 'Includes: BalticProvidenciaSeventy-SixSilver CrossAnd Bremen Mines.Bell'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.78455, -108.30451

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Manganese, Iron
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Lead
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Embolite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Silver
Gangue: Barite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1872

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875
Last production ended: 1944

Geology

Host rock:Fusselman Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSD002904
DEP10009742
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301-304}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 73-76}{Deposit:: CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 25-26.}{Deposit:: ENTWISTLE, L. P., 1944, NMBMMR BULL. 19, P. 66.}{Deposit:: KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 134.}{Deposit:: HERNON, R. M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 36-37.}{Deposit:: JONES, F. A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 53-54.}{Deposit:: LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1933. NMBMMR BULL. 7, P. 52.}
ReporterHasler, J. William, Menzie, David