New Mexico · Socorro County
Past Producer
El Tigre Mine
Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
Zinc
Lead
Silver
Copper
Barium-Barite
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Commodities
Primary
Zinc, Lead
Secondary
Silver, Copper
Tertiary
Barium-Barite
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PODS AND SHOOTS
Ore control
Mineralization Occurs In Favorable Host Rocks And Fractures Near Faults.
Materials
Ore minerals
Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
Associated rock
Rhyolite
Structure
Deposit Occurs Along An Eastward-Striking Fault Of The North Fork Canyon Fault Zone.
Alteration
Deposit Occurs In An Area Of Propylitic Alteration And Silicification.
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1942
Identification
Deposit ID
10012500
MRDS ID
D008155
Alternate names
Nutter Lease: Claims, El Tigre, Black Wolf, Morning Flory, North Star
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
34.04065, -107.15809
References
KREWEDL, D.A., 1974, NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGESNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA