New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer
Mockingbird Gap Mine
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Copper
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Fault-Fissure Structural Control.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Fluorite, Malachite
Gangue
Calcite, Hematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Granite · Montoya Group
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1930
Identification
Deposit ID
10011731
MRDS ID
D006838
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.47843, -106.44224
References
LASKEY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 80WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 115-116