Mine detail: Milagros Mine

Previously called 'Patented ClaimsNuestra Senora De Las MilagrosFolsomPatented Claims of the Belvidere GroupDueyNew PortCopper KingBelle IsleMckinleyTaftHartfordPearlGood LuckI.X.LBridget'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.89368, -106.43058

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue:	Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1976

Geology

Host rock:	Tijeras-Hell Canyon Greenstone
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Sevilleta Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Several Northeast-Striking Shear Zones Occur In The Greenstone Along Hell Canyon.

References

MRDS	D008888
DEP	10087734
Reference	{Deposit:: REICHE, P., 1949 GSA BULL, VOL 60, P. 1183-1212}{Deposit:: MYERS,D.A., AND MCKAY, E.J., 1970 USGS MAP GQ-886}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1978 THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, VOL 14, NO 3, P.73-78}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1979 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 189-195}{Deposit:: FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1979 NMGS GUIDEBOOK THIRTIETH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 194}
Reporter	Menzie, David