Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Tenorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLatite
Associated rockLatite
StructureMain Shear Zone Strikes N 80 E And Is Intersected By One Or More Cross-Shears Striking N 20 E.
AlterationSilicified Shear Zoone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1955
Discovery year1867
Identification
Deposit ID10087607
MRDS IDD008281
Alternate namesCopper King Adit, Waterbury Adit, Paxton Crosscut: Anaconda Group, Claims, Anaconda Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.70226, -105.40667
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 86REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 19-20HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947 USBM RI-4046, 4 PAGESPARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, 35 PAGESSCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 72-74CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, MAP 2.