Mine detail: Red Cloud Mine

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.19676, -105.74055
dep_id: 10014071
mrds_id: D010691
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In A Brecciated Zone At The Intersection Of Two Faults.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Yeso Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Trachyte
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1980
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.110-113
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 68-71, PLATES 8 AND 9
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 74-76
  • Deposit:: PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-42, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3854, 25 PAGES
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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