Mine detail: Steins Pass

Previously called 'Kimball'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.29179, -109.0173
dep_id: 10105529
mrds_id: W006784
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Garnet, Malachite, Quartz, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ALONG THE DIKES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Metamorphism, Silicification, Oxidation, Propylitic
conc_proc: Contact Metamorphism In Limestone
ore_ctrl: Contact Metamorphism Along A Monzonite Porphyry Dike
Reporter: Bilbey, Sue A., Richter, D.H.
hrock_unit: Limestone
hrock_type: Diorite,Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Peloncillo Range-Trends N
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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
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