Mine detail: Copper Reef Group

Previously called 'Copper Reef Mine: Claims Patented In 1932Copper Reef No. 2Copper Reef No. 3'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.30651, -108.74591
dep_id: 10010025
mrds_id: D003373
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
yr_lst_prd: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 109
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, PLATE 14
  • Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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