Mine detail: Excelsior Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.45235, -106.58613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Bismuth, Tellurium, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite
Gangue:	Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS AND SHOOTS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Lead Camp Limestone;Panther Seep Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	The Shaft Is Sunk On A Northeast-Striking Fault.

References

MRDS	D009042
DEP	10012996
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-212}{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 230-231}{Deposit:: ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P.30}{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90}
Reporter	Menzie, David