New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer
Vanadinite Mine
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Lead
Vanadium
Zinc
Copper
Silver
Manganese
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Vanadium, Zinc
Secondary
Copper, Silver, Manganese
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Fissures, Fractures And Faults Provided Path And Acted As Host For Mineralized Solution Emanating From Shallow Igneous Mass. Solution Trapped By Overlying Impervious Shale.
Materials
Ore minerals
Cuprodescloizite, Descloizite, Pyrolusite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rock
Dolomite · Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
Associated rock
Monzonite · Copper Flat Monzonite
Alteration
Silicified Dolomite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10097772
MRDS ID
D000057
Alternate names
S.J. Macy Claim
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.91844, -107.52338
References
LINDGREN, W., AND OTHERS, 1910 USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P273, P275HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B