Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 33.16678, -107.72977 |
dep_id: | 10069320 |
mrds_id: | W006776 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Copper, Galena, Iron, Silver |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR TO LENTICULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
conc_proc: | Formed By Ascending Waters, Blocked By Impervious Shale, From An Intrusive Mass Below |
ore_ctrl: | Follows Faults And Fractures-Main Ore Bodies Found At The Intersection Of These |
Reporter: | Bilbey, Sue A. |
hrock_unit: | Palomas Formation, Gravel;Percha Formation, Shale;Sandia Formation, Limestone |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_unit: | Andesite |
arock_type: | Andesite,Basalt |
Structure: | Fault-N38 Deg W, Low Angle Fold Or Arch |
tectonic: | Edge Of Structural Trough |
Year first produced: | 1880 |
disc_yr: | 1880 |
References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 266-268
- Deposit:: 1910 COMPILE LINDGRE
- Production:: N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87
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