Mine detail: Steeple Rock District

Previously called 'Carlisle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.85011, -108.96734

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: REPLACEMENT AND VEIN
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Alteration processes:SILICIFICATION

References

MRDSW006779
DEP60001674
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 327-328}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, NEW MEXICO BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 76-77}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87 P. 143}