New Mexico · Sierra County
Occurrence
Confidence Mine 1890's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Copper
Iron
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Tertiary
Iron
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Underground
Ore control
Ore Deposition By Replacement Of Favorable Host Rock.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rock
Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure
Mineralization At Limestone-Porphyry Contact And Near North Trending Dike.
Alteration
Contact Metamorphism Similar To Iron Mountain Deposits.
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1895
Identification
Deposit ID
10011720
MRDS ID
D006824
Alternate names
Confidence Group
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.33704, -107.60421
References
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 101HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 123, P. 114