Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1962
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10010009
MRDS IDD003350
Alternate namesAtwood-Henry Clay Group: Claim Patented In 1886Henry Clay
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.31762, -108.74702
References
LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 107HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGESFLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA