Mine detail: Gillespie Mine

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.63653, -108.67729
dep_id: 10013910
mrds_id: D010465
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chlorargyrite, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone;Earp Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1880
yr_lst_prd: 1885
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 88-89, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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