New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer
Paddy Ford Shaft
Grant County, New Mexico, United States
Copper
Gold
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Copper, Gold, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Granite
Associated rock
Rhyolite · Burro Mountain Granite
Structure
Deposits Occur Along Several Northeast Striking Faults.
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1950
Last production
1914
Identification
Deposit ID
10097852
MRDS ID
D009513
Alternate names
Wisconsin Nos.2 and 3, Claims, Paddy Ford, Wisconsin Group Patented In 1920Wisconsin, Albertine, Fritze, Janet D.
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.55206, -108.35979
References
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 95-96, PLATE 7HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA