Mine detail: Hunter Mine

Previously called 'Tarantula HillsRather'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.18934, -105.45136

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Uranium, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Magnetite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Torbernite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Espy Formation
Host type:	Syenite,Marble,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rock:	Tertiary Intrusion
Associated type:	Syenite
Structure:	The Vein Appears To Cut Across The Red Hills Thrust, A Laramide Structure.
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration Of Syenite May Not Be Ore-Related.

References

MRDS	W701296
DEP	10085669
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.