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

MRDSW701292
DEP10100556
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}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.