Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryMolybdenum, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Emanating From Shallow Intrusive Rocks Were Localized Along Shale-Porphyry Contacts And Fissures And Fractures Associated With Contemporaneous Faulting.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Pierre Shale
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1919
Last production1919
Identification
Deposit ID10097773
MRDS IDD000575
Alternate namesBaldy Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.63976, -105.20528
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 103-104SCHILLING, J.H., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 76, P. 36PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 75CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 121-123, PLATE 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA