Mine detail: Sprouse-Copeland Mines

Previously called 'MaryMinesSprouse MineCopeland Mine: Joy GroupClaimsDotAnnOxide Nos. 1 and 2'

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.57734, -108.41673
dep_id: 10013297
mrds_id: D009518
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tenorite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification Is Common And Monzonite Is Sericitized And Kaolinized.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Burro Mountain Granite;Tyrone Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Sprouse-Copeland Fault.
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 73-76
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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