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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