Mine detail: Cox Mine

Previously called 'Camino Apache Nos. 1-4Principal Claims: Lead Camp No. 2'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.02928, -107.21865
dep_id: 10087429
mrds_id: D006853
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Channeled Along Fault And Deposited In Brecciated Zone.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Northeast Trending Fault Zone
Year first produced: 1922
yr_lst_prd: 1951
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.161
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC8307, P.107
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P.19
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 P 107
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