Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Replaced Favorable Host Rock, Limestone Replacement Along Two Steeply-Dipping Faults And Beneath Thick Diorite Sill.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Pyrite
Other materialsMagnetite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo
Associated rockDiorite · Fierro-Hanover Stock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1961
Identification
Deposit ID10111401
MRDS IDD009718
Alternate namesClaim Patented In 1893, Kearney
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.80817, -108.07728
References
ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGESNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATASTORMS, W.R., AND FAUST, J.W., 1949, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7507, 11 P.HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.HILLESLAND, ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.