Mine detail: Red Hill Mine

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.66875, -108.61395
dep_id: 10087869
mrds_id: D010466
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc, Gold
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Oak Creek Tuff
arock_type: Quartz Latite
Year first produced: 1905
yr_lst_prd: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 213
  • Deposit:: ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 83-88, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.
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