Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.33704, -107.60421 |
dep_id: | 10011720 |
mrds_id: | D006824 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Trace mineral: | Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Contact Metamorphism Similar To Iron Mountain Deposits. |
conc_proc: | Partial Oxidation Enrichment |
ore_ctrl: | Ore Deposition By Replacement Of Favorable Host Rock. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Magdalena Group |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_type: | Monzonite,Rhyolite |
Structure: | Mineralization At Limestone-Porphyry Contact And Near North Trending Dike. |
disc_yr: | 1895 |
References: |
- Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 101
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 123, P. 114
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