Mine detail: Brush Heap Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Brush HeapAndy JohnsonBlack Eyed Susan'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.91567, -107.72282

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Polybasite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Ladron Fault Trends N30w And Is Cut By Smaller Northeast Trending Fault. Paleozoic Sediments Were Slightly Folded Prior To Ore Deposition Forming Small Anticlines And Breccias Beneath Shale Where Replacement Deposits Formed.
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Dolomite Sealed Vein For Later Ore Deposition.

References

MRDS	D006850
DEP	10011741
Reference	{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1975 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 75-108, P.17}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David