Mine detail: Juanita Mine

Previously called 'Juanita Extension No. 1 Patented In 1906 and 1894.Claims: Juanita'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.08426, -107.19699
dep_id: 10012335
mrds_id: D007904
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicified Limestone
conc_proc: Oxidation Enriched Ores Are Mostly Exhausted.
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite,Rhyolite,Latite,Andesite,Granite
Structure: Kelly-Graphic Fault Strikes N 20 W.
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1956
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 33-35
  • Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 135-139
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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