Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryGold
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Gypsum, Ilvaite, Jarosite, Limonite, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Pyromorphite, Quartz, Sericite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockShale
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1991
Discovery year1659
Identification
Deposit ID10084824
MRDS IDW700037
Alternate namesSan Francisco, Frisco
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates26.86698, -105.85052
References
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