Mine detail: Bottom Dollar Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Cash Entry'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.49728, -106.13613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1944

Geology

Host rock:	Espinosa Volcanics
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Espinosa Volcanics
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Faults And Shear Zones, An 8 To 13-Foot Wide Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Cerrillos Uplift

References

MRDS	D011639
DEP	10087984
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W, L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 163-167}{Deposit:: DISBROW, A.E., AND STOLL, W.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 55}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane