Mine detail: Black Knife Group 188*

Previously called 'Prospectors Delight Mine'

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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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