Mine detail: Snowflake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.83761, -108.07561

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Biotite, Epidote, Garnet, Phlogopite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	El Paso
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Fierro-Hanover Stock
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	D011668
DEP	10014754
Reference	{Deposit:: KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 108-111.}{Deposit:: HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.}
Reporter	Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron)