Commodities
PrimarySilver, Manganese, Gold
SecondaryZinc, Vanadium, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR TO BEDDED
Ore controlCapping Shale Overlies The Ore, Locus Probably From Andesite Source
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Embolite, Galena, Hematite, Manganite, Silver, Vanadinite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Mimbres Formation, Limestone;Lake Valley Formation, Limestone;Percha Formation, Shale
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Rhyolite;Andesite
StructureN - S Trend Of Mountains And Major Fault Systems, Area Is Faulted, Extending In A Se Direction (After Ore Deposition, Mimbres Mtns.)
AlterationSilicification, Oxidized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1878
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10105528
MRDS IDW006778
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.71679, -107.56727
References
CLARK, E., 1894, TRANS. AM. INST. MIN. ENG., V. 24, P. 140LINDGREN, W., L. C. GRATON, & C. H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 276 - 282ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO & THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 126 - 127USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87, P. 139 - 149JICA, HENRY L., JR., NEW MEXICO STATE BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 37.1910 COMPILE LINDGRE