The Crested Butte Prospect is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Crested Butte Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crested Butte Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.46 OZ/ST AU, 300 OZ/ST AG (ONE SPECIMEN)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetradymite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS ON E-W TRENDING DIKE CUTTING EXCELSIOR AND GALLOWAY DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P
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