Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFractures In Escabrosa Limestone Within A Few Hundred Feet Of Intrusive Porphyry.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationAltered Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10009973
MRDS IDD003298
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.11819, -108.94785
References
GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 103CARGO, D. N., 1959, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE GAP AREA, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: UNPUB. NEW MEXICO UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 70P.