Mine detail: Lake Valley

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.71679, -107.56727

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Manganese, Gold
Secondary:	Zinc, Vanadium, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Embolite, Galena, Hematite, Manganite, Silver, Vanadinite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR TO BEDDED
Discovery year:	1878

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1878

Geology

Host rock:	Mimbres Formation, Limestone;Lake Valley Formation, Limestone;Percha Formation, Shale
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Rhyolite;Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	N - S Trend Of Mountains And Major Fault Systems, Area Is Faulted, Extending In A Se Direction (After Ore Deposition, Mimbres Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Oxidized

References

MRDS	W006778
DEP	10105528
Reference	{Deposit:: CLARK, E., 1894, TRANS. AM. INST. MIN. ENG., V. 24, P. 140}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L. C. GRATON, & C. H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 276 - 282}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO & THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 126 - 127}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87, P. 139 - 149}{Deposit:: JICA, HENRY L., JR., NEW MEXICO STATE BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 37.}{Deposit:: 1910 COMPILE LINDGRE}
Reporter	Hasler, J. William, Bilbey, Sue A.