Mine detail: Montezuma Mines

Previously called 'Claims:Montezuma Claims'

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.3095, -106.40475
dep_id: 10097893
mrds_id: D011248
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Silver
gangue: Fluorite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Gossan Is Found With Drusy Quartz In Vein Material Found On The Dumps.
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: Small Fault-Fissure System
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Arroyo Penasco;Sandia
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Mica Schist
arock_type: Mica Schist
Structure: Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults, Las Huertas Fault And Several Minor Faults Off Of The Las Huertas Fault
tectonic: Sandia Uplift
Year first produced: 1750
yr_lst_prd: 1926
disc_yr: 1750
discr: Early Spanish Settlers Or Indians
References:
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 27, MAY 5, 1879, P.358
  • Deposit:: ELLIS, R.W., 1922, UNM BULL 108, GEOL. SER. 3, NO.4, P.40
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P.29-30
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P.100-101
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P.29, TABLE 8
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