Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Emanating From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Localized In Fractures And By Host Rock Replacement.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rockMonzonite
StructureSlightly Folded Sedimentary Rocks Strike N 20 W And Dip 25 Ne. Axes Of Small Folds Pitch Down Dip.
AlterationSilicified Limestone Along Contact With Porphyry, Sometimes Garnetized.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Last production1961
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10011716
MRDS IDD006820
Alternate namesProspectors Delight Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.35288, -107.59699
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 114, P. 119-120NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAJONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, SANTA FE, N.M., P. 101