New Mexico · Socorro County
Occurrence
Iron Cap Prospect
Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue
Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Rhyolite
Associated rock
Rhyolite · Hells Mesa Tuff
Structure
Northerly-Trending Mafic Dike Is Brecciated And Silicified Along The Shear Zone.
Alteration
Propylitization
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10012502
MRDS ID
D008157
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
34.01342, -107.18948
References
LASKY, S.G., 1932, NMBMMR BULL 8, P.44-45ALLEN, P., 1979, NMBMMR OFR-119, P.133