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Slate Mine, Central Mining District (Bayard District), Grant County, New Mexico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Slate Mine | Mine (Inactive) |
| Central Mining District (Bayard District) | Mining District |
| Grant County | County |
| New Mexico | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 46' 47'' North , 108° 7' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2004
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bayard | 2,264 (2017) | 2.0km |
| Santa Clara | 1,638 (2017) | 2.1km |
| Hanover | 167 (2011) | 5.1km |
| Arenas Valley | 1,522 (2011) | 5.5km |
| North Hurley | 300 (2011) | 6.4km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. | Silver City, New Mexico | 14km |
Large shaft now covered with cement slap. The wooden headframe was removed from this site a few years ago. Claim also contains numerous small pits and attendant dumps.
Structure: Slate Fault, Owl-Hobo Fault
Deposit: Veins along the slate fault, a footwall spur of the owl-hobo fault, that trends ene and dips 70se cutting the cretaceous colorado formation and a cretaceous quartz diorite sill. Vein is 8-10 feet wide.
Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement
Rock formation(s): Colorado
Ore(s): Veins Along Faults Near Igneous Intrusive
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
16 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Descloizite Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ Descloizite var. Copper-bearing Descloizite Formula: Pb(Zn,Cu)VO4OH |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Vanadinite Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ Vanadinite var. Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite Formula: Pb5[(V,As)O4]3Cl |
| ⓘ Willemite Formula: Zn2SiO4 |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Hydrozincite | 5.BA.15 | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Descloizite var. Copper-bearing Descloizite | 8.BH.40 | Pb(Zn,Cu)VO4OH |
| ⓘ | 8.BH.40 | PbZn(VO4)(OH) | |
| ⓘ | Vanadinite var. Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5[(V,As)O4]3Cl |
| ⓘ | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl | |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Willemite | 9.AA.05 | Zn2SiO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10097921 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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North America PlateTectonic Plate
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- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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Slate Mine, Central Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA