Mine detail: Steins Pass

Previously called 'Kimball'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.29179, -109.0173

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Garnet, Malachite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR ALONG THE DIKES
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Limestone
Host type:	Diorite,Limestone
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Peloncillo Range-Trends N
Alteration processes:	Metamorphism, Silicification, Oxidation, Propylitic

References

MRDS	W006784
DEP	10105529
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 331-332}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 88-89.}{Deposit:: 1910 COMPILE LINDGRE}{Production:: ANDERSON, 1957}
Reporter	Bilbey, Sue A., Richter, D.H.