Mine detail: Kingston District

Previously called 'Black Range'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.93341, -107.7173

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Manganese
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	REPLACEMENT
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1883

Geology

Structure:	LOW ARCHES, FAULT SCARP WITH APPROX. 500 FT DISPLACEMENT, ORDO. LIMESTONE DIP-20 DEG EAST FLANK OF BLACK MTNS.
Alteration processes:	SILICIFICATION, OXIDATION

References

MRDS	W006775
DEP	60001672
Reference	{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, P. 94.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 268-270}{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. 125-126.}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUR MINES BULL. 87 P. 139-149.}