Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.93483, -107.72004 |
dep_id: | 10011743 |
mrds_id: | D006852 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Lead, Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wad |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Silicified Dolomite |
conc_proc: | Oxidation Enrichment |
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: | Dolomite |
arock_type: | Monzonite,Andesite |
Structure: | Deposits Occur Near Dolomite-Shale Contact And Near Monzonite Sill. |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1941 |
disc_yr: | 1885 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.269, PLATE XXI
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103
- Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC 8030, P.102-104
- Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
- Deposit:: 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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