Mine detail: Mogollon District

Previously called 'District: AlmaCooneyGlenwoodMogollon Mountains'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.40453, -108.80092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	NARROW, TABULAR, AND CONVERGE TOWARD INTRUSIVE
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1879

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Rhyolite;Andesite;Pyroclastics
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:	Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification-(Intermediate W/Chlorite, Epidote, Etc.)

References

MRDS	W006786
DEP	10069325
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 191-201}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 32-33.}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87, P. 139-149}{Deposit:: SCOTT, D.B., 1920, TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL. 63, P. 289-310.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1921, USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 787, 100 P.}{Deposit:: METZGER, O.H., 1938, USBM IC-6987, P. 14-41}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., RHODES, R.C., AND ERB, E.E., 1976, NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 5, P. 125-144}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1978, NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: 1910 COMPILE LINDGREN}{Deposit:: 1947 DIREXPL BRADLEY MINING CO.-NO ORE}
Reporter	Bilbey, Sue A., Murray, Diane