Mine detail: Plata Verde Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

30.8774, -104.92218

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Acanthite, Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Barite, Limonite
Orebody form:	LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Hueco Limestone
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Occurs In Horst, Which Has As Its Western Boundary The Rim Rock Fault, A Major Structure In The Region.
Tectonic:	Reduction Of The Red Beds And Metal Zonation Are Related To Basin And Range Faulting
Alteration processes:	Ore In Reduced Or Formerly Reduced (Now Limonitic) Sandstones

References

MRDS	W701439
DEP	10100561
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.}{Deposit:: PRICE, J.G. AND OTHERS, 1985, ORIGIN OF SILVER-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS IN RED-BED SEQUENCES OF TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 145, 65 P.}{Deposit:: PRICE, J.G., 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATA VERDE MINE, HUDSPETH COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 70, 34 P. 2}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY J.G. PRICE (TX BEG) APRIL 198}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 75}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.