Mine detail: Legal Tender Mine

Previously called 'ClaimLegal Tender'

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Location: Colfax County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.6106, -105.22889
dep_id: 10097843
mrds_id: D009020
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS AND SHOOTS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Altered Shale Shows Effects Of Contact Metamorphism.
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurs In Fractures And At The Shale-Porphyry Contact.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Pierre Shale
hrock_type: Shale
arock_type: Diorite
yr_lst_prd: 1937
References:
  • 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
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