Mine detail: Torpedo Mine

Previously called 'Little Ben ScottClaims Patented In 1902Torpedo'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.42457, -106.59363

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1961

Geology

Host rock:	Panther Seep Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone Strikes North-South.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Kaolinization And Pyritization.

References

MRDS	D009051
DEP	10111292
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-212}{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 214-219}{Deposit:: ALBRITTON, C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 33-35}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1951 USBM RI-4791, 10 PAGES}{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David