The Foster Zinc Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Foster Zinc Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Zinc Mine
Secondary: Badger
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mnts. District, Tyrone Subdistrict
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR PRECIOUS METALS PRIOR TO 1900, SPHALERITE RECOGNIZED IN 1940 AND MINED IN 1950
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ALONG BISMUTH-FOSTER FAULT (N70-55E, 75NW)
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83., P. 67-68
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978, USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031
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