Located on a promontory atop cliffs overlooking the Percha Creek, about 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Hillsboro and across the canyon of Percha Creek from the Macy Mine.
The mineralization is apparently a vertical, or nearly so, vein running along the top of the cliffs and striking roughly north-south.
Workings visible from the surface (January 2008) include a small exploratory shaft, about 1 meter square, of unknown depth. The southern end of the vein has been excavated with an open cut about 3 meters wide and up to 3 meters deep, with the deeper end toward the north. At the bottom of the north end of the cut there is an undercut opening of about 1 to 2 meters in size. On the north (uphill) end of the vein, there is a trench about 100 feet long and which was apparently excavated to expose the length of the deposit.
Mineral List: |
Calcite  | | | | Reference: | [Eckhard Stuart & Chet Lemanski 1/28/08] |
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Kentrolite | | | | |
Quartz | | | | Reference: | [Eckhard Stuart & Chet Lemanski 1/28/08] |
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Vanadinite | | | | Reference: | [NMBMMR New Mexico Mineral symposium (2001) pp. 4-5] |
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'Wad' | | | | Habit: | Botryoidal, massive, films | | Colour: | Black | | Fluorescence: | None. | | Reference: | [Chet Lemanski 1/28/08] |
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Wulfenite | | | | Reference: | [NMBMMR New Mexico Mineral symposium (2001) pp. 4-5] |
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6 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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