Mine detail: Legal Tender Mine

Previously called 'ClaimLegal Tender'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.6106, -105.22889

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS AND SHOOTS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Pierre Shale
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Altered Shale Shows Effects Of Contact Metamorphism.

References

MRDS	D009020
DEP	10097843
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 100}{Deposit:: PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 38}{Deposit:: PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 69-73}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 121-124, PLATE 1}
Reporter	Menzie, David