Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMineralization Occurs Along The Shale-Porphyry Contact Replacing Calcareous Shales.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite, Scapolite
Geology
Host rockShale · Pierre Shale
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10012977
MRDS IDD009018
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.60198, -105.25556
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 102-103KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY, NO. 2, P. 76-78PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 75CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 121-122, PLATE 1