Mine detail: Old Soldier

Previously called 'Old Soldier Group: ClaimsOld Soldier Nos. 1 To 4Great Western Nos. 1 and 2Golden Lela Nos. 1 and 2Lucky Star: Also Known As the Mystic Metal Mine.'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.00898, -107.20504
dep_id: 10101432
mrds_id: D003053
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
other_matl: Barite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicaified Rhyolite
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1950
yr_lst_prd: 1948
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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