Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Manganese, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Clay, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite · Colorado Formation
Associated rockAndesite · Burro Mountain Granite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1944
Identification
Deposit ID10013273
MRDS IDD009488
Alternate namesCasino Vein: Claims Patented In 1916, Contact, Big Casino, Contact Mine, Virtue Mine: Contact Vein, Wyman Vein, Copper Sulphide, Mammoth, Little Casino, Monumental, Delaney, BelvieuVirtue, Golden Sheaf
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.68401, -108.37173
References
PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470-C, P. 6-9RUSSEL, P.L., 1946 USBM RI-3969, 5 PAGESFARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 28-29GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 106-110HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-1037NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA