Mine detail: Silver City District

Previously called 'Chloride Flat Subdistrict'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.76681, -108.30062

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Lead
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	REPLACEMENT, VEIN, AND BEDDED
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Structure:	MOUNTAINS ARE FAULTED MONOCLINAL BLOCKS OF PALEOZOIC ROCKS
Alteration processes:	SOME SILICIFICATION NEAR THE DIKES AND CALCITE RECRYSTALLIZED

References

MRDS	W006782
DEP	60001675
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 303-304.}{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. 73-76}{Deposit:: USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87, P. 139-149.}