Mine detail: Carlisle Mine

Previously called 'Carlisle MillsiteCarlyle Mine: Claims Patented In 1887HomesteadColumbia'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.85289, -108.96592

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Selenite, Siderite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Dacite
Structure:	In The Vicinity Of The Carlisle Shaft, The Carlisle Fault Strikes N45w. Southeast Of The Shaft The Fault Turns Due East And Northwest Of The Shaft It Turns Due West. Ore Shoots Are Localized By Changes In Strike And Dip Of The Veins, And Possibly By Changes In The Wall Rock.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization, Chloritization, Epidotization

References

MRDS	D009504
DEP	10013284
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN,W.,GRATON,L.C.,AND GORDON,C.H.,1910 USGS PP 68, P. 327-328}{Deposit:: JOHNSON,C.H., 1943 USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT 188, 11 PAGES}{Deposit:: RUSSELL,P.L., 1947 USBM RI-4073, 12 PAGES}{Deposit:: ELSTON,W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 180-188}{Deposit:: GRIGGS,R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, P. 1-25}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: USGS BULL 1222-E.}
Reporter	Menzie, David