Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead
SecondaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lead Camp Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Sugarloaf Peak
StructureTorpedo-Bennett Fault Zone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1982
Identification
Deposit ID10105276
MRDS IDTC36211
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.43124, -106.59224
References
SEAGER, W.R., 1981, GEOLOGY OF ORGAN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 36, 97 P.DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P.ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943, LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE ORGAN DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO (WITH A SUPPLEMENT ON THE OCCURRENCE OF BISMUTH): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 43, 39 P.SEAGER (1981).