Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryMercury, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeLODE (VEIN)
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFAULT-FRACTURE STRUCTURAL CONTROL
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1927
Last production1958
Discovery year1868
Identification
Deposit ID60000971
MRDS IDM054821
Alternate namesHanson District, Sierra Ladrones, Ladron District, Ladrones Mountains District
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates34.4347, -107.0847
References
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 114JOHNSON, W.D. JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 124-125LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 87-91NORTHROP, S.A., 1944 MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, U.N.M. PRESS, P. 190-192Chester, 1965, USBM IC-8252, p. 373, 375.Northrop, S.A., 1942, Minerals of New Mexico: Univ. of New Mexico Bulletin Geol. Surv., v. 6, no. 1, p. 114.