Mine detail: Vera Cruz Mine

Previously called 'Vera Cruz Group: Claims Patented In 1889Golden EagleBustamenteWashoe: Unpatented ClaimDiadem'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.60566, -105.70083
dep_id: 10014074
mrds_id: D010695
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Electrum, Gold
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: PIPE
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
alteration: Kaolinization, Silicification.
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Highly Brecciated Sediments Adjacent To An Igneous Intrusion.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Mesa Verde Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: The Deposit Is Adjacent To The Southern Border Of The Laccolith.
yr_lst_prd: 1919
disc_yr: 1880
discr: Fletcher A. Blake
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 178
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 50-53
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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