Mine detail: Croesus Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1890Creasus'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.70059, -106.24392
dep_id: 10097878
mrds_id: D010911
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurs In Lenses Parallel To Compositional Layering.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Moppin Metavolcanic Series
hrock_type: Schist
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1935
disc_yr: 1881
discr: George T. Hope And Lord Sterling
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 129
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 71-80
  • Deposit:: BENJOVSKY, T.D., 1945 NMBMMR CIRC 11, 10 PAGES
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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