Mine detail: U.S. Treasury Mine 188
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Previously called 'Principal ClaimsU.S. TreasuryWhite Eagle'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.32704, -107.71477

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bromyrite, Chlorargyrite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1947

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Northwest Trending Vein Offset By North Trending Faults.
Alteration processes:	Silicified Andesite

References

MRDS	D006834
DEP	10107966
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.260-266}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-85}{Deposit:: MAXWELL, C.H. AND HEYL, A.V., 1980 GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL 1, NO 2, P. 129-133}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78}
Reporter	Menzie, David