Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Galena, Gold
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationSilicification And Propylitization.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1928
Identification
Deposit ID10097783
MRDS IDD003352
Alternate namesCopper Nugget No. 2, Mikesell Properties: Summit Group, ClaimsSummit, Ada Etta, Big Dike, Daisy, Monday, Florence May, Sterling, Lone Star, Copper Nugget No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.3229, -108.77785
References
LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA