Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlRising Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Fault-Fracture Zones And Localized In Voids And Brecciated Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockMonzonite,Latite,Andesite
StructureVein Is Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of A Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1877
Last production1923
Discovery year1877
Identification
Deposit ID10072170
MRDS IDW016625
Alternate namesRattlesnake Patented In 1890. Reported To Be Part of The, Opportunity and Rattlesnake Group of Claims,, See Opportunity Mine For Listing of Claims., Snake Mine: Principal Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.94233, -107.55393
References
LINDGREN,W., GRATON,L.C., AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.151-154HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-BNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAHEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141