Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formFISSURES
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureThe National Vein Is A Shear Zone Over 2 Miles Long Passing Through The Buffalo Mine To The East And Through The Inferno And Caribel Properties To The West.
AlterationSilicification Is Common.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012593
MRDS IDD008288
Alternate namesPatented Claims: Jay Hawk, Alpine, National: Patented In 1897
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.67726, -105.42334
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 87REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 17-19SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 86-88CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 115, PLATE 1, MAP 2