Mine detail: Granite Gap Mines

Previously called 'A. BirdSilver StarNovemberAnimasBob MontgomeryVesley MineMontgomery Mine: Worlds Fair GroupBob Montgomery GroupPatented ClaimsGranite GapMayA.M.Outlook'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.0768, -108.9798

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Tungsten
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1950

Geology

Host rock:	Escabrosa Group;Horquilla Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Deposits Occur In Fractures And Breccia Zones Adjacent To Porphyry Dikes.

References

MRDS	D003294
DEP	10101434
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 330-331}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 101-102}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., UNPUBLISHED DATA}{Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., & CARTEN, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES, CIRC. 158, 19P.}{Deposit:: DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Richter,D. H., Menzie, David