Mine detail: Commercial Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1892Commercial'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.84844, -108.02505

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Argentite, Bromyrite, Cerussite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Rhyodacite

References

MRDS	D009713
DEP	10013429
Reference	{Deposit:: JONES, F. A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 45}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 318-319}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67}{Deposit:: HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306}{Deposit:: JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.}
Reporter	Menzie, David