Mine detail: Love Tank Mine

Previously called 'Thunderbolt'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.18267, -105.51386

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Tremolite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Torcer Formation
Host type:	Hornfels,Marble,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	The Main Scheelite Prospects Occur On Trend With The Bonanza Fracture Zone To The East.
Alteration processes:	Skarn Grading Outward From The Intrusion Into Marble

References

MRDS	W701292
DEP	10100556
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.