New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Pewabic Mine

Grant County, New Mexico, United States
ZincLeadSilverCopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, POD
Ore controlMineralization Localized In Favorable Most Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Last production1952
Identification
Deposit ID10013438
MRDS IDD009725
Alternate namesPewabic Group: Claims Patented In 1917Pewabic, Result, Walpool, Eclipse
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.81872, -108.07394
References
PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS ATLAS, FOLIO 199SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69SCHMITT, H. A., 1939 GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL, VOL 50, NO 5, P. 777-818ANDERSON, E. C., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGESTHOMPSON, A. J., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 154-158NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAKELLEY, V.C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 117-118.ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 55.HARRER, C.M., AND KELLEY, F.J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.LASKY, S.G., AND HOAGLAND, A.D., 1948, SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: LONDON, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 18TH, 1948, P. 86-97.MULLEN, D.H., AND STORMS, W.R., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4228, 8 P.SCHMITT, H.A., 1939B, GSA BULL. 50, P. 777-818.SCHMITT, H.A., 1942, IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED., ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 73-79.HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 15 P.(1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.