Mine detail: Pewabic Mine

Previously called 'Pewabic Group: Claims Patented In 1917ResultWalpoolEclipse'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.81872, -108.07394

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Talc
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, POD

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917
Last production ended: 1952

Geology

Host rock:Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSD009725
DEP10013438
Reference{Deposit:: PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS ATLAS, FOLIO 199}{Deposit:: SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69}{Deposit:: SCHMITT, H. A., 1939 GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL, VOL 50, NO 5, P. 777-818}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E. C., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57}{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:: THOMPSON, A. J., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 154-158}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 117-118.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 55.}{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND KELLEY, F.J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., AND HOAGLAND, A.D., 1948, SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: LONDON, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 18TH, 1948, P. 86-97.}{Deposit:: MULLEN, D.H., AND STORMS, W.R., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4228, 8 P.}{Deposit:: SCHMITT, H.A., 1939B, GSA BULL. 50, P. 777-818.}{Deposit:: SCHMITT, H.A., 1942, IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED., ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 73-79.}{Deposit:: HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 15 P.}{Production:: (1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.}
ReporterMenzie, David, Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron), Long, Keith R.