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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