Mine detail: Lady Franklin Mine

Previously called 'BullionEvening StarSummerChampionRelief.Lady Franklin Group 188*: MinesBullion Mine: Patented ClaimsLast ChanceSuperiorAugust'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.93483, -107.72004
dep_id: 10087430
mrds_id: D006859
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Alabandite, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Clay, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicified Dolomite
conc_proc: Extensive Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Deposited In Fractures And Brecciated Zones
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Northwest Striking Bullion Fault And Many Northeast Trending Cross Fractures.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1932
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.269
  • Deposit:: WELLS, E.H., 1918 NMBMMR BULL 2, P.67, P.68
  • Deposit:: LASKEY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P.103
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103, P.104
  • Deposit:: 5) HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
  • Deposit:: 6) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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