Mine detail: Pecos Mine

Previously called 'Copper Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.22461, -104.90579

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Goethite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Hazel Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Alteration processes:	Gray Sandstone And Limonite-Stained, Bleached Sandstone Along Veins

References

MRDS	W701425
DEP	10085780
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.}{Deposit:: TX BEG RI 145}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: TX BEG RI 145, P. 3}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.