Mine detail: Rattlesnake Mine 1877

Previously called 'Rattlesnake Patented In 1890. Reported To Be Part of TheOpportunity and Rattlesnake Group of Claims,See Opportunity Mine For Listing of Claims.Snake Mine: Principal Claim'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.94233, -107.55393
dep_id: 10072170
mrds_id: W016625
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Extensive Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Rising Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Fault-Fracture Zones And Localized In Voids And Brecciated Zones
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Monzonite,Latite,Andesite
Structure: Vein Is Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of A Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.
Year first produced: 1877
yr_lst_prd: 1923
disc_yr: 1877
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN,W., GRATON,L.C., AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275
  • Deposit:: HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.151-154
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: HEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141
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