New Mexico · Sierra County
Producer
Covington Group 1880's
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Silver
Lead
Zinc
Copper
Manganese
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary
Manganese
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PODS
Ore control
Replacement, Fracture Filling And Shear Zone Mineralization
Materials
Ore minerals
Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rock
Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure
Fractured Limestone Along Porphyry Contact And North Trending Shear Zone.
Alteration
Limestone Replaced By Silica, Epidote And Garnet.
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1885
Last production
1925
Discovery year
1885
Identification
Deposit ID
10107965
MRDS ID
D006825
Alternate names
Hell Canyon Claims 1948
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.33677, -107.59032
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 114, P. 120-123NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA