Mine detail: Parsons Mine

Previously called 'Hopeful Mine: Claims Patented In 1892Hopeful Millsit E'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.48955, -105.78138
dep_id: 10014004
mrds_id: D010601
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Electrum, Gold, Molybdenite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: PIPE
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
alteration: Argillic Alteration.
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Disseminated Mineralization Localized In Highly Brecciated Monzonit E.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Rialto Stock
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: The Parsons Breccia Pipe Is Located Along The Southern Margin Of T He Rialto Stock.
Year first produced: 1887
yr_lst_prd: 1933
disc_yr: 1886
discr: R.C. Parsons
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 43-45
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., AND MISSAGHI, F., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 67, 24 PAGES
  • Deposit:: THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 12-13
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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