Mine detail: Cooney Mine

Previously called 'Silver Bar Mine: Patented ClaimsLeap YearSilver FountainOld StrikeBlairBlair Mill SiteSilver Bar No. 2Silver Bar No. 2 Mill Site'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.41898, -108.7987

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1911

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Mineral Creek Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Mineralization Occurs Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.

References

MRDS	D008011
DEP	10012402
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 191-201}{Deposit:: SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., RHODES, R.C., AND ERB, E.E., 1976 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 5, P. 125-144}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1978 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David