Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold, Lead
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite
Associated rockQuartz Latite
AlterationChloritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10010029
MRDS IDD003379
Alternate namesNellie Bly Group: Claims Patented In 1914Nellie Bly, Brother Gardner, Baltimore, Independence, Billy A
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.25069, -108.76063
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 334CLARK, 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 445JONES, F.A., 1907 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL 85, P. 444-445LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 59-60THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA