Mine detail: Minerva Group

Previously called 'Hall-Lytton Property: ClaimsMinerva Nos. 1 To 18'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.02426, -107.14809
dep_id: 10097819
mrds_id: D008162
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS AND SHOOTS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Lake Valley Limestone (Kelly Limestone);Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
yr_lst_prd: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 48-51
  • Deposit:: KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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