Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Last production1923
Identification
Deposit ID10010028
MRDS IDD003377
Alternate namesLeitendorf Mine, Viola Mine: Claims Patented In 1908, Venus, Century, Planet, Harlem, Winnie
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.2493, -108.74869
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, 361 P.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 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 109THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA