Mine detail: Ada Etta Claim

Previously called 'Copper Nugget No. 2SummitAda EttaBig DikeDaisyMondayFlorence MaySterlingMikesell Properties: Summit Group, ClaimsLone StarCopper Nugget No. 1'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.3229, -108.77785
dep_id: 10097783
mrds_id: D003352
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: Silicification And Propylitization.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
yr_lst_prd: 1928
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.
  • Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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