Mine detail: Salinas Mine

Previously called 'Crawford Prospect'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.30733, -106.56724
dep_id: 10089314
mrds_id: W016624
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite
gangue: Limonite
other_matl: Barite, Fluorite
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Provided Path And Acted As Host For Mineralized Solutions.
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
yr_lst_prd: 1929
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKEY,S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P81
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR 1965 BULL 87, P202, P371
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC 8307, P81
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