Mine detail: Contact Group

Previously called 'Casino Vein: Claims Patented In 1916ContactBig CasinoContact MineVirtue Mine: Contact VeinWyman VeinCopper SulphideMammothLittle CasinoMonumentalDelaneyBelvieuGolden Sheaf'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.68401, -108.37173

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Manganese, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite, Wad
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1944

Geology

Host rock:	Colorado Formation
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	D009488
DEP	10013273
Reference	{Deposit:: PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470-C, P. 6-9}{Deposit:: RUSSEL, P.L., 1946 USBM RI-3969, 5 PAGES}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 28-29}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 106-110}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-1037}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David