Mine detail: Crystal Mine

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.11819, -108.94785
dep_id: 10009973
mrds_id: D003298
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: Altered Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
ore_ctrl: Fractures In Escabrosa Limestone Within A Few Hundred Feet Of Intrusive Porphyry.
Reporter: Richter,D. H.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 103
  • Deposit:: CARGO, D. N., 1959, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE GAP AREA, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: UNPUB. NEW MEXICO UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 70P.
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