Mine detail: Timber Peak Mine 189
*

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

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Location

Lat / long:

33.98676, -107.14559

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposits Occur At The Intersection Of The East-Trending South Canyon Fault And A North-Northwest-Trending Fault.
Alteration processes:	Propylitic Alteration

References

MRDS	D008167
DEP	10012509
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Menzie, David