Mine detail: Battleship Group

Previously called 'Gila Monster: Also Known As the Flagship Claims In 1900.Claims Patented In 1915BattleshipLookout'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.31706, -108.75285

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Veins Occur Within Several East-Northeast Striking Shear Zones.

References

MRDS	D003357
DEP	10010014
Reference	{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, PLATE 14}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-89}{Deposit:: FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29}{Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151}{Deposit:: EVELETH, R.W., AND NORTH, R.M., 1981 NMBMMR OFR-166, 12 PAGES}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Richter, D. H., Menzie, David