Mine detail: Black Range District

Previously called 'Monument CreekTurkey CreekMineral CreekPoverty CreekFluorineFairviewGraftonApache No. 1 DistrictChloride DistrictBear CreekDry CreekPhillipsburg'

Location

Lat / long:

32.37513, -107.7506

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Discovery year:	1879

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LODE (FILLED FISSURE VEINS)
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1880

Geology

Structure:

LARGE DISPLACEMENT FAULTS WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR GREAT DISTANCES HAVE SLICED THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE ARCH INTO A SERIES OF ELONGATE BLOCKS TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH. THESE BLOCKS HAVE BEEN LOWERED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER FROMWEST TO EAST AND SMALLER DISPLACEMENT CROSS FAULTING HAS FORMED SMALLER BLOCKS OF UNEQUAL DIMENSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN IRREGULARLY ELEVATED, LOWERED AND TILTED.

References

MRDS	W017011
DEP	60001721
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.260-266}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-90}