New Mexico · Dona Ana County
Past Producer

Merrimac Mine

Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States
ZincCopper
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Commodities
TertiaryZinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10271866
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.45543, -106.57307
References
NORTHRUP, S. A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED ED:UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS 665 PP.DUNHAM, CHARLES, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MTNS: NEW MESCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 11, PP. 100-101, 129-130, AND 189-190