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: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.31706, -108.75285
dep_id: 10010014
mrds_id: D003357
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Veins Occur Within Several East-Northeast Striking Shear Zones.
yr_lst_prd: 1937
disc_yr: 1895
References:
  • 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
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