Mine detail: Colossal Mine 188*

Previously called 'MidnightTidal WaveKingKing No. 2Colossal-Midnight Group 188*: Claims'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.30593, -107.71949
dep_id: 10011719
mrds_id: D006823
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Bromyrite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
alteration: Silicified,Garnetized And Epidotized Limestone.
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment From Surface To Depths Of 50 Ft. To 500 Ft.
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rising From An Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And By Replacement.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: North Trending Fault System Offsets Northwest Trending Vein.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1925
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100
  • Deposit:: LINGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-85
  • Deposit:: SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P. 441
  • Deposit:: 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
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