Mine detail: Beck Mine

Previously called 'InezMarionYankeeGertrudeBlue MareGold StandardJessieHalcyonMontezumaChicagoNational MineHattie Lee Mine: National GroupClaims'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.26318, -109.04007

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold, Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1936

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Propylitic

References

MRDSD003396
DEP10010039
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 329}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 88}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 57, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
ReporterRichter, D.H., Menzie, David