Mine detail: Volcano Mine

Previously called 'VolcanoKimball No. 27: Unpatented ClaimsKimball No. 3HomesteadGrey FoxMaudMineral PeakPatented ClaimsVolcano GroupHornet'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.30456, -109.01924
dep_id: 10101442
mrds_id: D003394
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Prominent Silicification.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Deposits Occur Along A Northwest-Striking Fault Zone
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1885
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 329
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 210-214
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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