Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.46566, -107.74339 |
dep_id: | 10011911 |
mrds_id: | D007102 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Copper, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver |
work_type: | Surface/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: | Deposit Occurs Along A Major North-Striking Fault Zone Which Separates The Black Range To The West From A Well-Defined Graben Valley To The East. |
Year first produced: | 1880 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1948 |
disc_yr: | 1880 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-263
- Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-80
- Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1955 NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M.
- Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
- Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
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