Mine detail: Marion Mine 1920

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

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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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