Mine detail: Faywood Mine

Previously called 'Faywood Lead Co. MineJohn Dennis Mine'

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.5654, -107.74504
dep_id: 10014014
mrds_id: D010617
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Fractures A Nd Faults.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Fusselman Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1904
yr_lst_prd: 1937
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289
  • Deposit:: JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 60-66, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7.
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