Mine detail: Alhambra Mine

Previously called 'Claims Patented In the Early 189* and Late 188*AlhambraButternutGood HopePumpkinStonewall'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.7215, -108.50951

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Tertiary: Nickel, Cobalt, Uranium
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chloanthite, Erythrite, Galena, Millerite, Niccolite, Nickel Skutterudite, Pitchblende, Silver, Smaltite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1881

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1881
Last production ended: 1960

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Twin Peaks Monzonite
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Trending Fracture Zone.

References

MRDSD009501
DEP10101798
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-311}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BUL 83, P. 142-148, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904, NM MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NM PRINTING CO.}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.G., 1952, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 163}
ReporterMenzie, David