Mine detail: Vera Cruz Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: 33.60566, -105.70083

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Electrum, Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: PIPE
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1919

Geology

Host rock:Mesa Verde Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:The Deposit Is Adjacent To The Southern Border Of The Laccolith.
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Silicification.

References

MRDSD010695
DEP10014074
Reference{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}
ReporterMenzie, David