Mine detail: Rialto Molybdenum Prospect

Previously called 'Fulmer TunnelRialto Group'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.49539, -105.78333
dep_id: 10014072
mrds_id: D010693
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Turquoise
gangue: Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPE
work_type: Underground
model: 80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
alteration: Silicification, Sericitization, Kaolinization, Pyritization.
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Highly Brecciated Monzonite.
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Menzie, David, King, Robert U.
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Rialto Stock
arock_type: Monzonite
disc_yr: 1894
discr: M.D. Gaylord
References:
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 57-61
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., AND MISSAGHI, F., 1964 NMBMMR CRIC 67, 24 PAGES
  • Deposit:: THOMPSON, T.B., AND NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 10-12, FIGURES 2 AND 8
  • Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 49-50
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL AMA
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