New Mexico · Hidalgo County
Past Producer
Gillespie Mine
Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States
Silver
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Silver
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Ore control
Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chlorargyrite, Malachite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Horquilla Limestone;Earp Formation
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1880
Last production
1885
Discovery year
1880
Identification
Deposit ID
10013910
MRDS ID
D010465
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
31.63653, -108.67729
References
ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 88-89, PLATE 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA