Mine detail: Victorio District

Previously called 'Gage District'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.18343, -108.09501

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Tungsten, Arsenic
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN/SHEAR ZONE, TACTITE
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Structure:HIGH PLAINS BROKEN BY LOW LEVEL VOLCANIC HILLS
Alteration processes:SOME OXIDATION

References

MRDSW006785
DEP60001677
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 290-292.}{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. 98}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, P. 69-86.}{Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, N.M., P. 184.}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 7, P. 83.}{Deposit:: DARTON, N.H., 1916, GEOLOGY AND UNDERGROUND WATER OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 618, P. 83-85, 103-104.}