Mine detail: Marion Mine 1920

Previously called 'Victoria Mine 1909: Fidelity Group 1909: Patented ClaimsMarionIdaCoraRebeccaHillsborough'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.02789, -107.2367

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909
Last production ended:	1947

Geology

Host rock:	Bliss Sandstone;El Paso Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Many Small East-West Trending Faults Cut Across North-South Trending Caballos Mts.

References

MRDS	D006860
DEP	10011747
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D. JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.40}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.207}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC 8307, P.106}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P.42}{Deposit:: 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David