Mine detail: Georgetown Mines

Previously called 'Includes: Naiad QueenCommercial CramerMacgregorMcnultyAnd Satisfaction.'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.85011, -108.02172

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Bromyrite, Cerargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1873
Last production ended:	1893

Geology

Host rock:	Fusselman Formation (Richmond Horizon);Percha Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	General Dip Of Sedimentary Beds Is 10-20w Of South Edge Of An Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011701
DEP	10014769
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 318-319.}{Deposit:: HERNON, R. M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 38.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 67.}{Deposit:: LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTEN, T. P., 1933, NMBMMR BULL. 7, P. 56-57.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D. C., UNPUBLISHED FIELD MAP.}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 87, P. 139-149.}{Deposit:: 1905 COMPILE L.C. GRATON}{Deposit:: 1910 COMPILE LINDGREN}{Deposit:: 1959 COMPILE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES}
Reporter	Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron), Bilbey, Sue A.