Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Silver
SecondaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNortheast Striking Vein Set.
AlterationSericitic And Chloritic Alteration Is Common.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10010010
MRDS IDD003351
Alternate namesLena Group Patented In 1914, Claims, Misers Chest, Copper Regent, S.W.B., Columbia, Fort Savage, Little Annie, Virginia
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.29262, -108.7648
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 55-56, PLATES 3, 14 AND 23ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA