New Mexico · Sierra County
Producer
Dictator Mine 1880's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Lead
Zinc
Copper
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PODS
Ore control
Mineralized Solutions Deposited By Host Rock Replacement And Void Filling.
Materials
Ore minerals
Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rock
Monzonite
Alteration
Silicified And Garnetized Limestone.
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1885
Last production
1929
Discovery year
1885
Identification
Deposit ID
10011721
MRDS ID
D006826
Alternate names
Dictator Group Replaced By Oversite Group of 6 Claims 1980.
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.33843, -107.57838
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 120-122, P. 114NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA