Mine detail: White Mountain Mine

Previously called 'White Mountain GroupAlso Known As Apache Mine and Apache VeinThe Location Appears To Be the Same As the Hoosier Mine Shown On TheWinston Topographic Quadrangle.'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.33649, -107.70032
dep_id: 10011921
mrds_id: D007115
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: Propylitized Andesite
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Filled Fissures.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Madera Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Gravity Slide Block Of Limestone Overlies Propylitized Andesite.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1944
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-265
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-83
  • Deposit:: MAXWELL, C.H., AND HEYL, A.V., 1976 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 76-858
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
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