New Mexico · Sierra County
Producer
Vindicator-West Contact Group 1890's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Lead
Zinc
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PODS
Ore control
Mineralized Solutions Filled Fractures And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks.
Materials
Ore minerals
Anglesite, Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rock
Monzonite
Structure
Limestone-Porphyry Contact Trends North To Northwest And Dips About 25 East.
Alteration
Garnetized Limestone
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1895
Last production
1956
Discovery year
1895
Identification
Deposit ID
10011727
MRDS ID
D006833
Alternate names
Vindicator Mine
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.36204, -107.60282
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 118-119NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA