Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Ortega Formation
StructureDeposit Occurs Along The West-Southwest Plunging Copper Hill Anticline.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087612
MRDS IDD008295
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.21866, -105.78946
References
SCHILLING, J.H, 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 103LINDGREN,W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, WORLDS FAIR EDITION, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 161