Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.16428, -107.70143 |
dep_id: | 10011914 |
mrds_id: | D007106 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Lead, Gold |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Zinc |
Trace mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Clay, Quartz |
other_matl: | Barite |
orebody_fm: | PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS |
work_type: | Underground |
conc_proc: | Oxidation Enrichment |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized Beneath Relatively Impervious Strata. |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Fusselman Dolomite;Onate Siltstone |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Mineralization Occurs Along N 5 E Striking Fractures And Minor Faults. |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1915 |
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. 90-98
- Deposit:: JICHA, H.L. JR., 1954 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 49, NO 7, P. 759-778
- Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1955 NMBMMR CIRC 33, 14 PAGES
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