Description
Alexander Carrasco, Jose Perez And Ramon Duran
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Rose Along Fault Zones And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
GangueFluorite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Fusselman Dolomite;Montoya Group
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Organ Batholith
StructureTorpedo-Bennett Fault Zone Strikes North-South.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1847
Last production1934
Discovery year1847
Identification
Deposit ID10008415
MRDS IDD000577
Alternate namesStevenson-Bennett Mine: Empire Zinc Mine: Santo Domingo De La Calzada, Mine: Calzada Mine: San Augustin Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.40263, -106.60113
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-211DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 220-228ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 35-36SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-86NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA