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

MRDS	D003396
DEP	10010039
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}
Reporter	Richter, D.H., Menzie, David