Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLODE (FILLED FISSURE VEINS)
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlMINERALIZED SOLUTIONS RISING FROM A SHALLOW IGNEOUS MASS WERE CHANNELED ALONG FAULT ZONES AND LOCALIZED IN FRACTURE VOIDS AND BRECCIATED ZONES.
Geology
StructureLARGE DISPLACEMENT FAULTS WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR GREAT DISTANCES HAVE SLICED THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE ARCH INTO A SERIES OF ELONGATE BLOCKS TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH. THESE BLOCKS HAVE BEEN LOWERED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER FROMWEST TO EAST AND SMALLER DISPLACEMENT CROSS FAULTING HAS FORMED SMALLER BLOCKS OF UNEQUAL DIMENSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN IRREGULARLY ELEVATED, LOWERED AND TILTED.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1880
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID60001721
MRDS IDW017011
Alternate namesChloride District, Apache No. 1 District, Grafton, Fairview, Fluorine, Poverty Creek, Mineral Creek, Turkey Creek, Monument Creek, Bear Creek, Dry Creek, Phillipsburg
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates32.37513, -107.7506
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.260-266HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-90