Mine detail: General Jerry Boyle Mine

Previously called 'General Gerry Boyle Mine'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.32012, -108.73591
dep_id: 10010011
mrds_id: D003354
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Andesite
yr_lst_prd: 1914
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
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