Mine detail: Silver Hill Mine

Previously called 'ClaimsSilver HillState of Maine: Also Known As the Crosby Mine In 1944 and 1945.'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.16319, -108.98507
dep_id: 10010047
mrds_id: D003407
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Andradite, Calcite, Epidote, Tremolite, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Marbleization
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone Of Limestone And Granite Porphyry Sill
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1910
yr_lst_prd: 1953
disc_yr: 1877
discr: Owen Williams And T.R. Brandt
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 97-99
  • Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P.11, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: DREWES; H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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