New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer
85 Mine 1880's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Gold
Silver
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Gold, Silver, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Ore control
Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure-Fillings.
Materials
Ore minerals
Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Andesite
Associated rock
Monzonite
Structure
Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alteration
Propylitized Andesite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1885
Discovery year
1885
Identification
Deposit ID
10011594
MRDS ID
D006622
Alternate names
Claim Patented In 1892, 85
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.95594, -107.54699
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 155NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAG.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141