Mine detail: Confidence Mine 189*

Previously called 'Confidence Group'

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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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