Mine detail: Black Knife Group 188*

Previously called 'Prospectors Delight Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.35288, -107.59699

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: PODS
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1961

Geology

Host rock:Magdalena Group
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Slightly Folded Sedimentary Rocks Strike N 20 W And Dip 25 Ne. Axes Of Small Folds Pitch Down Dip.
Alteration processes:Silicified Limestone Along Contact With Porphyry, Sometimes Garnetized.

References

MRDSD006820
DEP10011716
Reference{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 114, P. 119-120}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, SANTA FE, N.M., P. 101}
ReporterMenzie, David