Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsSmithsonite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Fusselman Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1881
Last production1885
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10013938
MRDS IDD010508
Alternate namesPocohonta, Cave Mine: Claims Patented In 1892, Silver Cave
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.05486, -107.60253
References
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 122-123, FIG. 14JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PR INTING CO. P.181DARTON, N.H., 1917 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS, DEMING FOLIO, NO. 207DARTON, N.H., 1916 USGS BULL 618CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58