| Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.16594, -107.7231 |
| dep_id: | 10011739 |
| mrds_id: | D006848 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Clay, Quartz, Talc |
| orebody_fm: | PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS |
| work_type: | Underground |
| conc_proc: | Extensive Oxidation Enrichment And Much Oxidized Ore Was Mined Before 1900. |
| ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes Beneath An Impermeable Layer. |
| Reporter: | Menzie, David |
| hrock_unit: | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Siltstone,Limestone,Dolomite |
| arock_type: | Andesite |
| Structure: | Claims Are Located Along A Northerly Trending Fault Which Forms The Contact Between Uplifted Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks To The East And Tertiary Andesitic Rocks To The West. |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1917 |
| disc_yr: | 1880 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267
- Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1922 PRIVATE REPORT ON HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PLATE 2
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95, P.97
- Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
- Production:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95
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