Mine detail: Century Mine

Previously called 'Eighty-Five Group'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.31456, -108.75646
dep_id: 10107907
mrds_id: D003372
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Wulfenite
gangue: Limonite
conc_proc: Near Surface Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • 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 335
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, PLATE 14
  • Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113
  • Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
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