Mine detail: Hillsboro District

Previously called 'Las Animas'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.93341, -107.5339

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Manganese, Iron, Lead
Discovery year:	1877

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	VEIN/SHEAR ZONE, PLACER; OXIDIZED
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1877

Geology

Structure:	FAULT W/2000 FT. THROW, TROUGH-20 MI. WIDE; MOUNTAINS TREND N-S; CONSIDERABLE DISPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT
Alteration processes:	SILICIFICATION, CHLORITIZATION

References

MRDS	W006774
DEP	60001671
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68 P. 272-276}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 39 P. 123-124.}