Mine detail: Blackshaft Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.13906, -104.92523

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Graphite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1891
Last production ended:	1948

Geology

Host rock:	Hazel Formation
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite,Tuff
Associated rock:	Hazel Formation
Associated type:	Tuff

References

MRDS	W701430
DEP	10085785
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:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983 P. 73; TX BEG RI 145, P.3.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.