Mine detail: Cincinnati Mine

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.90903, -107.77116
dep_id: 10013933
mrds_id: D010499
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Willemite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Argillic Alteration.
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Latite
arock_unit: Tres Hermanas Stock
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1909 USGS BULL 380, P. 125
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 92-293
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 55-59, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16
  • Deposit:: DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION RE PORT E-4, 9 PAGES
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966.
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