Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS AND SHOOTS
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized At Favorable Horizons And In Fractures.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lake Valley Limestone;Sandia
Associated rockMonzonite
StructureNumerous Minor Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest
AlterationSilicified Limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Last production1956
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10101430
MRDS IDD002927
Alternate namesBuckeye Group Includes the Mammoth Group of J Claims Patented In, 1908: Patented Claims, Mammoth No. 2, Oro Fino, Nineveh Copper, Buckeye No. 3: Unpatented Claims, Buckeye Nos. 4 To 8
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.0187, -107.13559
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 258LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46-152