Mine detail: Scholle District

Previously called 'RamblingScholleScholle-1ThelmaThomas and MelbournMccandlessMine and Claim Names: PritchardJackrabbitBlue JayPiedmontStarRobinsonDoyleHawkeyeBlue StarCopper GirlAboGabaldonPioneerRattlesnake 1-4Loraine'

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Location: Torrance County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.42397, -106.40475
dep_id: 10014849
mrds_id: D011904
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead, Gold
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Chalcocite, Malachite, Silver, Torbernite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Replacement Of Organic Debris And Limestone Fragments
ore_ctrl: Favorable Beds; Near Organic Debris
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Abo Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
tectonic: Chupadera Platform
Year first produced: 1915
yr_lst_prd: 1961
disc_yr: 1905
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 77
  • Deposit:: LAPOINT, D.J., 1979, PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
  • Deposit:: HATCHELL, W.O., BLAGBROUGH, J.W., AND HILL, J.M., 1982, NMCS GUIDEBOOK, 33RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 249-260
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1984, NMBMMR OFR-192, P. 13-24
  • Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 57-61.
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1984, NMBMMR OFR-192, P. 52
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