Mine detail: Volcano Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

32.30456, -109.01924

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along A Northwest-Striking Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Prominent Silicification.

References

MRDS	D003394
DEP	10101442
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 329}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 210-214}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Richter, D. H., Menzie, David