The Organ District is a copper, silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.4, -106.60000
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Organ District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Organ District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: ORGAN DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: TORPEDO MINING CO.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: VEIN, REPLACEMENT, CONTACT METAMORPHISM
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1847
Discovery Year: 1847
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: BATHOLITH-GRANITE
Type: L
Description: LACCOLITH, POST-MINERALIZATION EAST-WEST FAULTING
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: OXIDATION
Alteration Text: OXIDIZED
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION
Alteration Text: SILICIFICATION
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 205-213.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 39, P 41-43.
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., AND T.P. WOOTTON, 1933, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES, N. MEX. SCH. OF MINES 7: 45.
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS N. MEX. SCH. MINES 11: 272 PAGES.
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