Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.93205, -107.72616 |
dep_id: | 10011746 |
mrds_id: | D006858 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper |
Minor mineral: | Gold, Manganese |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Clay, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
conc_proc: | Extensive Oxidation Of Silver Bearing Base Metal Minerals. |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
arock_type: | Monzonite,Andesite |
Structure: | Iron King Fault Strikes N5w And Is Cut By Many Smaller Fractures Striking About N70e. Near The Eastern Side Of The Claim Dolomite Is In Contact With Monzonite. |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1957 |
disc_yr: | 1880 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.268
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103
- Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC8030, P.98
- Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
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