The Crystal Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Crystal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN (N20E,VERT) IN MISSISSIPPIAN ESCABROSA LIMESTONE WITHIN A FEW TENS OF METERS OF A GRANITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 15 M. DEEP SHAFT AND 60 M. LONG ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 103
Reference (Deposit): CARGO, D. N., 1959, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE GAP AREA, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: UNPUB. NEW MEXICO UNIV. M.S. THESIS, 70P.
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