Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.35288, -107.59699 |
dep_id: | 10011716 |
mrds_id: | D006820 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | PODS |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Silicified Limestone Along Contact With Porphyry, Sometimes Garnetized. |
conc_proc: | Partial Oxidation Enrichment |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Emanating From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Localized In Fractures And By Host Rock Replacement. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Magdalena Group |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_type: | Monzonite |
Structure: | Slightly Folded Sedimentary Rocks Strike N 20 W And Dip 25 Ne. Axes Of Small Folds Pitch Down Dip. |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1961 |
disc_yr: | 1885 |
References: |
- 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
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