Mine detail: Covington Group 188
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Previously called 'Hell Canyon Claims 1948'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.33677, -107.59032

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	PODS
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Magdalena Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Fractured Limestone Along Porphyry Contact And North Trending Shear Zone.
Alteration processes:	Limestone Replaced By Silica, Epidote And Garnet.

References

MRDS	D006825
DEP	10107965
Reference	{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 114, P. 120-123}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David