The Lady Katherine Mine is a copper and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Lady Katherine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady Katherine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: S
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): TRENCH AND ADIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN PENNSYLVANIAN MAGDALENA GROUP LIMESTONES INTRUDED BY DIORITE PORPHYRY IN ZONE OF COMPLEX NNE AND NE FAULTING 1.6 KM WEST OF PINOS ALTOS STOCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, J. F., AND FELLOWS, M. L., 1978, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 11, P. 1-8.
Reference (Deposit): FIELD OBSERVATIONS, RICHTER, D. H., AND LAWRENCE, V. A., USGS.
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