Robert E Lee Mine, Pyramid District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
A olive green bleb of chlorargyrite near dark gray cerussite.
© Frank Karasti
Smithsonite with brown limonite on quartz.
Botryoidal smithsonite on quartz, brown limonite with a few tiny cerussite crystals.
White and light pink calcite with metallic chalcopyrite.
Sprays of hemimorphite encrusted by druzy quartz, minor gray galena and green malachite. Child photo is close up of hemimorphite.
Two colorless cerussite crystals in a quartz vug
© Frank karasti
Dark blue azurite with green malachite on calcite.
A green spray of malachite lightly encrusted with druzy quartz, with a colorless cerussite crystal directly behind.
Green malachite near a unidentified orangish mineral.
A sw uv comparison photo of botryoidal smithsonite.
In the foreground is what is left of the Robert E Lee mine. The Nellie Bly Mine is in the far background. Leitendorf hills on the left. I would guess the mine dump has been removed and processed.There was still some good collecting here. March 10 2021 photo, looking south.
Nellie Bly Mine, Pyramid District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg Mining District, Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
A view of The Nellie Bly Mine dump. On the far right is the remains of an old plant foundation. March 18 2021 photo, looking south.