Mine detail: Wicks Mine 1877

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.94178, -107.53338
dep_id: 10011713
mrds_id: D006817
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
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: 1877
yr_lst_prd: 1961
disc_yr: 1877
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272-276
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141 AND D.C. HEDLUND, 1977 MF-900-B SHEET 2
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