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
|