Mine detail: Granite Gap Mines

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

Location:	Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.0768, -108.9798
dep_id:	10101434
mrds_id:	D003294
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Lead
Minor mineral:	Zinc, Copper, Gold
Trace mineral:	Arsenic, Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
conc_proc:	Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl:	Fault-Fracture Structural Control
Reporter:	Richter,D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit:	Escabrosa Group;Horquilla Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Deposits Occur In Fractures And Breccia Zones Adjacent To Porphyry Dikes.
Year first produced:	1885
yr_lst_prd:	1950
References:	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 BULL. 57, P 101-102 Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., UNPUBLISHED DATA Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., & CARTEN, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW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