Mine detail: Matchless Group 191*

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.93205, -107.72699
dep_id: 10011748
mrds_id: D006861
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wad
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicified Dolomite
conc_proc: Extensive Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rising From Ashallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes Beneath An Impermeable Layer.
Reporter: Menzie, David, Spanski, Gregory T.
hrock_unit: Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Monzonite,Andesite
Structure: Iron King Fault Strikes N 5 W And Many Smaller Faults And Fractures Trend N 60 To 65 E.
Year first produced: 1950
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC 8030, P.97
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
  • Production:: L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P.97
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