New Mexico · Socorro County
Past Producer

Merritt Mine Prior To 1870

Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
SilverGoldLeadZincCopperBarium-BariteManganeseFluorine-FluoriteVanadiumMolybdenumArsenic
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Arsenic
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS AND SHOOTS
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Descloizite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Mimetite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueQuartz
Other materialsBarite, Fluorite
Geology
Host rockTrachyte
Associated rockTrachyte
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Last production1923
Identification
Deposit ID10072201
MRDS IDW016992
Alternate namesClaim Patented In 1906 Dewey Lode: the Silver Bar Mine and The, Boarding House Tunnel Are Also On the Dewey Lode.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.0637, -106.94226
References
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 109-111LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 239-240LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 118-133