Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead, Copper
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Sierra Blanca Volcanics
StructureBest Ore Shoots Were Found At Intersections Of The Main Vein And M Inor Crosscutting Veins.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1937
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10087885
MRDS IDD010600
Alternate namesCopper Claim, Helen Rae Group of Claims: Claims Patented In the 1890's, Texas G Irl, Correction, Pacific, EvalenaHelen Rae, Tangle, Smuggler, Last Corner, Nameless, Neglect, John Bro Wn, Eighty-Seven, Leona, Schaenne, Texas Girl Millsite, Smug Gler Millsite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.53011, -105.74472
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 45-49THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 16, FIGURE 2NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA