The Sierra Cuchillo District is a lead and zinc mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico.
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Sierra Cuchillo District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sierra Cuchillo District
Secondary: Iron Mountain No. 2 District
Secondary: Cuchillo Negro District
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: CUCHILLO NEGRO DISTRICT
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: CONTACT METASOMATIC
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: L
Description: THE DISTRICT LIES WITHIN AN ELONGATE, NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING MOUNTAIN RANGE. LARGE DISPLACEMENT FAULTS WHICH ARE CONTINUOUS FOR GREAT LATERAL DISTANCES STRIKE NORTH TO NORTH-NORTHWEST AND SMALLER DISPLACEMENT CROSS FAULTS STRIKE NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE RANGE A MAJOR ZONE OF WESTWARD DIPPING NORMAL FAULTS FORMS A WESTWARD FACING SCARP AND FORMS A SHARP BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE RANGE AND A WELL DEFINED GRABEN VALLEY. THE EASTERN BOUNDARY IS LESS DISTINCT AND IS GENERALLY MARKED BY EASTWARD DIPPING NORMAL FAULTS WHICH FORM A BROAD TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN THE RANGE AND THE RIO GRANDE RIFT. A MAJOR CROSS FAULT DIVIDES THE RANGE INTO TWO FAULT BOUNDED BLOCKS OF EASTWARD DIPPING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS INTRUDED BY NUMEROUS HYPABYSSAL IGNEOUS ROCKS.
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.113-125
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1955 NMGS 6TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P.159-174
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P. 51-54
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