Mine detail: Merrimac Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.45543, -106.57307

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Other material:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882

Geology

References

MAS	350130015
DEP	10271866
Reference	{Deposit:: NORTHRUP, S. A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED ED:}{Deposit:: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS 665 PP.}{Deposit:: DUNHAM, CHARLES, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MTNS: NEW ME}{Deposit:: SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 11, PP. 100-101, 129-130, AND 189-190}
Reporter	Hite, Alan G.