Mine detail: American Flag and Flagstaff Mines 188*

Previously called 'Claims Patented In 1890 and 1891American FlagFlagstaff'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.15178, -107.72116
dep_id: 10011897
mrds_id: D007083
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Bromyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
gangue: Clay, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized Beneath Impermeable Shale.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Deposits Occur Along Bullfrog Fault Which Strikes N 13 E.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1916
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 266-268
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 90-95, P. 97
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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