Mine detail: Silver Monument Mine 188*

Previously called 'Silver Monument GroupBlack Range Tunnel: Patented Claim Silver MonumentUnpatented Claims Cuba LibreOversight Nos. 1 and 2Connection Nos. 1 and 2'

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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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