Mine detail: Homestake-Tripp Mine

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.9815, -107.53588
dep_id: 10011703
mrds_id: D006802
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fissures.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Associated With Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 166
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
  • Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141
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