Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlMineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rocks At Faults And Near Porphyry.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Marmatite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Oswaldo Formation;Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group
Associated rockDiorite,Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Last production1949
Identification
Deposit ID10087798
MRDS IDD009776
Alternate namesCleveland Adit, Pershing Adit: Claim Patented In 1892Cleveland, Claims of the Cleveland Group Patented In 1910, Isabella Grant, Cleveland Extension North, Copper Extension East, Forrest QueenCopper Extension, Includes Atlas No. 1 and Atlas No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.86622, -108.25173
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 300-301PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 199LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 58-59ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATASOULE, J.H., 1948 USBM RI-4237, 5 PAGESPAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 122-125HERNON, R.M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 39-40.DMEA 1549.SOULE, J.H., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4237, P. 5.