Mine detail: San Simon District

Previously called 'Granite Gap'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.07513, -108.14641

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Zinc
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Structure:	PELONCILLO MTN. RANGE, E-W FAULT AT GRANITE GAP
Alteration processes:	OXIDATION

References

MRDS	W006783
DEP	60001676
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 329-331}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 39, P. 88-89.}