New Mexico · Socorro County
Past Producer
Minerva Group
Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
Lead
Copper
Zinc
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Copper, Zinc
Secondary
Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PODS AND SHOOTS
Ore control
Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Lake Valley Limestone (Kelly Limestone);Magdalena Group
Associated rock
Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1917
Identification
Deposit ID
10097819
MRDS ID
D008162
Alternate names
Hall-Lytton Property: Claims, Minerva Nos. 1 To 18
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
34.02426, -107.14809
References
LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 48-51KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGESNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA