Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSMALL SEAMS AND POCKETS
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Horquilla Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Texas Canyon
StructureTertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne., Lamprophyre Dike.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationTactite, Recrystallized Limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10039390
MRDS IDM050017
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.07762, -110.03427
References
COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.1948 DIREXPL U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2 DRILL HOLES.1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416COOPER AND SILVER 1964.