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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