Description
Charles Hammond
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Sangre De Cristo
StructureStarvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline
Tectonic settingSangre De Cristo Uplift
AlterationThe Ore Is Markedly Oxidized.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Last production1918
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10014825
MRDS IDD011794
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.47367, -105.37333
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 117-122.HARLEY, G.T., 1940 NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62.SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39.JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA