Mine detail: Timber Peak Mine 189*

Previously called 'Open Cut Mine 193*: Open Cut Group: Big Chief Mine'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.98676, -107.14559
dep_id: 10012509
mrds_id: D008167
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Propylitic Alteration
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Deposits Occur At The Intersection Of The East-Trending South Canyon Fault And A North-Northwest-Trending Fault.
Year first produced: 1895
yr_lst_prd: 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 126-127
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P.54
  • Deposit:: KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, P. 142-147
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