Mine detail: Loma Plata Mine

Previously called 'Silver Dome Mountain ProspectBig Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

30.10854, -104.568

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Montmorillonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Solution-Cavity Filling
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1947-1949
First production started:	1947
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Loma Plata Limestone (Upper Part)
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:	Local Silicification; Kaolinite-Group Clay In Breccias

References

MRDS	W701361
DEP	10085728
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}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.