Mine detail: Socorro Peak District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.06679, -106.94779

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Manganese
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	VEIN/SHEAR
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1867

Geology

Structure:	VOLCANO (SOCORRO PEAK) WITH OTHER SIMILAR MTN. MASSES NORTH AND SOUTH, MOUNTAINS FORMED AS VOLCANOES MONOCLINAL RANGES
Alteration processes:	SILICIFICATION, KAOLINIZATION

References

MRDS	W006777
DEP	60001673
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 239-240.}{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. 144}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 87 P. 143}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO N. MEX. SCH. MINES BULL. 8, 139 P.}