New Mexico · Sierra County
Producer
Garfield-Butler Group 1880's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Gold
Silver
Copper
Lead
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Tertiary
Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Ore control
Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And Fissures.
Materials
Ore minerals
Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Andesite
Associated rock
Monzonite
Structure
Veins Appear To Radiate From Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alteration
Propylitized Andesite
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1885
Last production
1941
Discovery year
1885
Identification
Deposit ID
10011704
MRDS ID
D006803
Alternate names
Principal Claims: Garfield, Butler, Silas
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.95289, -107.56588
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-144HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-BNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAG.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141