Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.16733, -107.70449 |
dep_id: | 10011749 |
mrds_id: | D006864 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Lead, Copper |
Minor mineral: | Zinc, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Clay, Quartz, Talc |
orebody_fm: | PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS |
work_type: | Underground |
conc_proc: | Oxidation Was Extensive And Most Oxidized Ores Were Mined Prior To 1900. |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes Beneath An Impermeable Layer. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
hrock_type: | Shale,Siltstone,Limestone,Dolomite |
Structure: | Pelican Fault Strikes N25w And Many Smaller Faults Parallel This Fault Many Smaller Faults Trending North To Northeast Intersect With The Pelican Fault. |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1952 |
disc_yr: | 1880 |
References: |
- Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1922 HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PRIVATE REPORT, 26 PAGES
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95-P.96
- Deposit:: JICHA, H.L. JR., 1954 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL 49, NO. 7, P.759-P.778
- Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1955 NMBMMR CIRC 33, 14 PAGES
- Deposit:: 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
- Deposit:: 6) JAHNS, R.H., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 55, 6 PAGES
- Production:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95
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