Mine detail: Nana Mine 188*

Previously called 'Wall Street Group'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.33843, -107.70727
dep_id: 10011732
mrds_id: D006839
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Gold, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicified Andesite
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment In Upper Parts Of Vein.
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Northwest Trending Vein Offset By North Trending Fault System.
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P.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.72-90
  • Deposit:: MAXWELL, C.H. AND HEYL, A.V., 1980 GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL 1, NO 2, P.129-133
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