Mine detail: Columbia Mine

Previously called 'Teel PropertyFairview Group'

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.869, -107.79893
dep_id: 10013459
mrds_id: D009757
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To A Fault Zone.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: El Paso Limestone;Montoya Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Ore Occurs Adjacent To A Northeast Striking Fault Zone.
Year first produced: 1924
yr_lst_prd: 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G. T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 110-112
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D. C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-900
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.
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