Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Rising From An Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And By Replacement.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Bromyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNorthwest Trending Vein Off Set By North Trending Faults.
AlterationSilicified, Garnetized, And Epidotizd Limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Last production1923
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10011730
MRDS IDD006837
Alternate namesColossal-Midnight Group 1880's: ClaimsColossal, Tidal Wave, King, King No. 2Midnight
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.29538, -107.72393
References
SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P.441JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-855) NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILEG.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.78