Mine detail: Montezuma Mines

Previously called 'Claims:Montezuma Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.3095, -106.40475

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore: Galena, Silver
Gangue: Fluorite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1750

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1750
Last production ended: 1926

Geology

Host rock:Arroyo Penasco;Sandia
Host type:Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:Mica Schist
Associated 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
Alteration processes:Gossan Is Found With Drusy Quartz In Vein Material Found On The Dumps.

References

MRDSD011248
DEP10097893
Reference{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}
ReporterMurray, Diane