Mine detail: Stenson Mine

Previously called 'Stenson Group Patented In 1914ClaimsAlabamaGeorgiaSou Th CarolinaWestern SlopeSunny Slope'

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.13013, -107.64309
dep_id: 10087874
mrds_id: D010509
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite
gangue: Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Partial Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Deposits Occur Within A Series Of Parallel Shear Zones Which Exten D At Least 1200 Ft. On The Surface And Range From 40-80 Ft. Thick.
yr_lst_prd: 1956
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 89-290
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 124-125, FIG. 14
  • Deposit:: BALK, C.L., 1958 ROSWELL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 11TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 47-52
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-56
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