Mine detail: Hardscrabble Mine

Previously called 'HardscrabbleClaims Patented In 188
*Belcher'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.11342, -107.19699

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Anchor Canyon Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Hardscrabble Fault Strikes N 30 E And Forms The Eastern Boundary Of A Large Limestone Inclusion In The Anchor Canyon Stock.
Alteration processes:	Ore Deposits Occur In And Adjacent To A Highly Metamorphozed Limestone Inclusion.

References

MRDS	D007901
DEP	10087570
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258}{Deposit:: LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES}{Deposit:: BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David