Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.02789, -107.2367 |
dep_id: | 10011747 |
mrds_id: | D006860 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Minor mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Trace mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Malachite |
gangue: | Calcite, Clay, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
conc_proc: | Oxidation Enrichment |
ore_ctrl: | Fault Zone Provided Path And Fissures Host For Mineralized Solutions. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Bliss Sandstone;El Paso Limestone |
hrock_type: | Quartzite |
Structure: | Many Small East-West Trending Faults Cut Across North-South Trending Caballos Mts. |
Year first produced: | 1909 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1947 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1880 |
References: |
- 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
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