Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1941
Identification
Deposit ID10010019
MRDS IDD003366
Alternate namesBluebird Mine, White Cloud Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.28179, -108.74035
References
LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62P.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 109THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. FEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA