Description
Owen Williams And T.R. Brandt
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Zone Of Limestone And Granite Porphyry Sill
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueAndradite, Calcite, Epidote, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Horquilla Limestone
Associated rockGranite
AlterationMarbleization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Last production1953
Discovery year1877
Identification
Deposit ID10010047
MRDS IDD003407
Alternate namesClaims, Silver Hill, State of Maine: Also Known As the Crosby Mine In 1944 and 1945.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.16319, -108.98507
References
GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 97-99ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P.11, PLATE 1DREWES; H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA