New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer
Enterprise Mine 1880's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Copper
Zinc
Silver
Lead
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Commodities
Primary
Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Dolomite · Fusselman Dolomite
Associated rock
Andesite
Structure
Faults Strike Just West Of North To Just East Of North.
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1880
Discovery year
1885
Identification
Deposit ID
10011596
MRDS ID
D006624
Alternate names
Claim Patented In 1892, Enterprise
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.90844, -107.72699
References
HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-BNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA