Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Bed
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Glorieta Sandstone
StructureStarvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline, Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault And The Serafina Monocline
Tectonic settingSangre De Cristo Uplift
AlterationThe Ore Has Undergone Marked Oxidation.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Last production1905
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10014823
MRDS IDD011792
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.44256, -105.34499
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 120-121HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATALINDGREN, GRATON & GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 120-121