New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Steeple Rock District

Grant County, New Mexico, United States
CopperLeadZincGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeREPLACEMENT AND VEIN
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlBRANCHING VEINS AND FOLLOWING THE VEINS
Geology
AlterationSILICIFICATION
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID60001674
MRDS IDW006779
Alternate namesCarlisle Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates32.85011, -108.96734
References
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 327-328ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, NEW MEXICO BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 76-77USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87 P. 143