New Mexico · Sandoval County
Prospect

Morningstar Prospect

Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
GoldCopper
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Description

Cosme T. Herrera, P.O. Box 6, Cuba, Nm (1961)

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlShear Zone Through The Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Malachite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockGranite
StructureNacimiento Fault, Nacimiento Fault And A Shear Zone Where Mineralization Took Place.
Tectonic settingNacimiento Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1961
Identification
Deposit ID10014465
MRDS IDD011253
Alternate namesProspect: Gold MineProspect, Claims: Morningstar 1-10
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.06282, -106.88949
References
WOODWARD, L.A., D.H. MCLELLAND, J.B. ANDERSON AND W.H. KAUFMAN, 1972, NMBMMR GM-25WEBER, R.H., 1961, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTESNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA