New Mexico · Sierra County
Past Producer

Dewey and White Swan Mines

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
VanadiumLeadFluorine-FluoriteCopperMolybdenumTungstenZincBarium-Barite
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Description

Ralph Widener

Commodities
PrimaryVanadium
SecondaryLead
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFissures And Faults Provided Path And Acted As Host For Low Temperature Mineralized Solutions.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cuprodescloizite, Descloizite, Fluorite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rockMonzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1905
Last production1911
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10101371
MRDS IDD000054
Alternate namesCanary Bird, U.S.N., Principal Claims: Dewey, White Swan, Admiral
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.05011, -107.21448
References
HESS, 1913; KELLEY AND SILVERS, 1952-SEE USGS BULL. 1316HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P203NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P226NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA