Mine detail: Commercial Mine

Previously called 'BettyStellaHatCapUnion JackSilver-CopperClaims Patented In 1887Red JimDelawareTrustCinnamonBornitePrivateer: Unpatented Claims'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.55372, -105.82611
dep_id: 10014113
mrds_id: D010753
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Sierra Blanca Volcanics
arock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 74-75, PLATE 10
  • Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 75-78, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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