Mine detail: Midnight Mine 188
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Previously called 'Colossal-Midnight Group 188
*: ClaimsTidal WaveKingKing No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.29538, -107.72393

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Bromyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1923

Geology

Host rock:	Magdalena Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Northwest Trending Vein Off Set By North Trending Faults.
Alteration processes:	Silicified, Garnetized, And Epidotizd Limestone.

References

MRDS	D006837
DEP	10011730
Reference	{Deposit:: SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P.441}{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 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:: 5) NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE}{Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.78}
Reporter	Menzie, David