Mine detail: Purple Sage Mine

Previously called 'Lone StarDuk
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Location

Lat / long:

30.74935, -105.02634

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Mimetite, Mottramite, Pyromorphite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Goethite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yucca Formation
Host type:	Conglomerate

References

MRDS	W701453
DEP	10085801
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}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.