Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.33566, -107.81089 |
dep_id: | 10011710 |
mrds_id: | D006813 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Copper |
Minor mineral: | Lead, Gold |
Trace mineral: | Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Calcite, Clay |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Chloritized, Kaolinized, Propylitized And Silicified Andesite. |
conc_proc: | Partial Oxidation Enrichment. |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Fault Zone And Localized In Fissures. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_type: | Andesite |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
disc_yr: | 1885 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-90
- Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
- Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
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