Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formFISSURES
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockLatite
StructureA Major, N 20 E Striking Fault Cuts Between The Shaft And The Western Adits.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012588
MRDS IDD008277
Alternate namesCarbonate Queen, Black Copper Group Patented In 1904, Claims, Black Copper, Black Copper No. 2, Gold Garner, Valley, Benzuealia, Jubilee, Golconda
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.63726, -105.37084
References
LINDGREN,W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 86PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 24-25SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 90-93CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, MAP 2