Mine detail: Malone Mines

Previously called 'SaragosaVesuvius Or Malone No. 2Malone No. 3Parucutin Or Malone No. 4BarriaLos AncienosCodena De PlataSantos MinerosBarra RoseaArgonautFujiama Or Malone No. 1Principal MinesMalone MineHillcrest MinePatanka MineBarranca Mine: ClaimsKatmai Or JaliscoStromboli Or Tip Tilt'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.54429, -108.52618

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: SHOOTS AND PODS
Discovery year: 1884

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1956

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Mineralized Fractures Occur In The Granite Adjacent To The Malone Fault Which Strikes N 20 W And Dips 70 Ne.
Alteration processes:Sericitization, Kaolinization, Hematitic Alteration.

References

MRDSD009528
DEP10013305
Reference{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 63}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 58}{Deposit:: BALLMANN, D.L., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 70, 39 PAGES, 1 PLATE}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 111-116, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1265}
ReporterMenzie, David