Mine detail: Hansonburg District

Previously called 'Bursums DistrictCarthage DistrictSierra Oscura'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.8329, -106.37057

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LODE (VEIN)
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Structure:	HANSONBURG DISTRICT IS LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR FAULT ZONE WHICH FORMS THE WEST-FACING ESCARPMENT OF THE NORTHERN OSCURA MOUNTAINS. THE FAULT ZONE TRENDS NORTH-SOUTH BUT IS PROGRESSIVELY OFFSET TO THE EAST BY SMALLER TRANSVERSE FAULTS.
Alteration processes:	SILICIFIED LIMESTONE

References

MRDS	D000053
DEP	60000189
Reference	{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 103-104}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 203-205}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 63-73}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTEN, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 108-109}{Deposit:: KOPICKI, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HANSONBURG DISTRICT, BINGHAM, N.M., M.S. THESIS, NMIMT, 103 PAGES}