Mine detail: Confidence Mine 189*

Previously called 'Confidence Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.33704, -107.60421

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Magdalena Group
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure:Mineralization At Limestone-Porphyry Contact And Near North Trending Dike.
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism Similar To Iron Mountain Deposits.

References

MRDSD006824
DEP10011720
Reference{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}
ReporterMenzie, David