Mine detail: Alberta Mine

Previously called 'Ida MayUnionNew ChumCometAnacondaCrescentThursdayDont CareIndependenceAlberta Group:Ida May Vein : Independence Vein : Comet Vein : ClaimPatented In 1910Patented Claims of the Alberta GroupWolftone'

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Location: Catron County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.41037, -108.80453
dep_id: 10013134
mrds_id: D009247
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Fanney Rhyolite;Last Chance Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Mineralization Occurs Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.
References:
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P.306-307
  • Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, P. 79-81
  • Deposit:: METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P.41
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