Commodities
PrimarySilver, Manganese, Iron
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Embolite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Silver
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Fusselman Dolomite
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Last production1944
Discovery year1872
Identification
Deposit ID10009742
MRDS IDD002904
Alternate namesIncludes: Baltic, Providencia, Seventy-Six, Silver Cross, And Bremen Mines., Bell
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.78455, -108.30451
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301-304ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 73-76CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAFARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 25-26.ENTWISTLE, L. P., 1944, NMBMMR BULL. 19, P. 66.KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 134.HERNON, R. M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 36-37.JONES, F. A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 53-54.LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1933. NMBMMR BULL. 7, P. 52.