Mine detail: Mockingbird Gap Mine

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.47843, -106.44224
dep_id: 10011731
mrds_id: D006838
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Fluorite, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Copper Mineral Oxidation Is Extensive.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fissure Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Montoya Group
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Granite
ylp_ba: <
yr_lst_prd: 1930
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKEY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 80
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 115-116
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