Mine detail: Greenback Mine

Previously called 'Stone ProspectGreenback Claim'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.97512, -106.58946
dep_id: 10089313
mrds_id: W016596
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Copper, Bismuth
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: VEINLETS, PODS
ore_ctrl: Ore Confined To Shear Zone
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_type: Greenstone
Structure: Two Large Diorite-Syenite Dikes Trending East-West Enclose The Area. The Dikes Are About 1.5 Miles Apart.
disc_yr: 1907
discr: G.E. Stone
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKEY, G.T., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P85
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P243, P371
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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