Description
Ancient Indians
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockMonzonite · Espinosa Volcanics
Associated rockMonzonite · Espinosa Volcanics
StructureFaults And Shear Zones
Tectonic settingCerrillos Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production950
Last production1951
Discovery year950
Identification
Deposit ID10014701
MRDS IDD011588
Alternate namesThere Are Seventeen Different Spellings of Chalchihuitl Northrup, 1959, P. 532.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.47367, -106.11501
References
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 163-167DISBROWN, A.E., AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 44-46JOHNSON, D.W., 1904, "THE GEOLOGY OF THE CERRILLOS HILLS, NM", COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, P. 86-92.SILLIMAN, B., 1881, "TURQUOIS OF NEW MEXICO", ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 32, SEPT. 1, 1881, P. 169GUSTAFSON, W.G., 1965, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NM, P. 17-19ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 53-54NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA