Mine detail: Ivanhoe Mine 1880

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1883Ivanhoe'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.4226, -107.75144
dep_id: 10011910
mrds_id: D007101
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure Fillings.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Deposits Occur Along A Major North-Striking Fault Zone Which Marks The Boundary Of The Black Range To The West And A Well-Defined Graben Vally To The East.
Year first produced: 1880
yr_lst_prd: 1956
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-264
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-81
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1955 GEOLOGIC MAP OF SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M., NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE.
  • Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
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