| Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 32.93733, -107.7181 |
| dep_id: | 10011590 |
| mrds_id: | D006617 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver |
| gangue: | Calcite, Clay, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| conc_proc: | Oxidation Enrichment |
| ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Beneath An Impermeable Shale Layer. |
| Reporter: | Menzie, David |
| hrock_unit: | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
| hrock_type: | Dolomite |
| arock_type: | Andesite |
| Structure: | Deposit Is Bounded By Northwest Striking Picket Spring Fault And Bullion Fault And By Northeast Striking Wipit Fault. |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1937 |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 268-270
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 98-105
- Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
- Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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