Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Rising From An Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And By Replacement.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Bromyrite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNorth Trending Fault System Offsets Northwest Trending Vein.
AlterationSilicified,Garnetized And Epidotized Limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Last production1925
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10011719
MRDS IDD006823
Alternate namesMidnight, Tidal Wave, King, King No. 2, Colossal-Midnight Group 1880's: ClaimsColossal
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.30593, -107.71949
References
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100LINGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-85SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P. 4415) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAG.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78