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

MRDS	D009528
DEP	10013305
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}
Reporter	Menzie, David