Mine detail: Las Minas Jimmie Prospect

Previously called 'Copper Canyon Group Or Canon Del Cobre Group'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.27671, -106.3392
dep_id: 10014235
mrds_id: D010914
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Replaced Fossil Wood And Carbonaceous Trash Along Permeable Zones.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Chinle Formation;Agua Zarca Member
hrock_type: Sandstone
yr_lst_prd: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 149
  • Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 57-58
  • Deposit:: SMITH, C.T., BUDDING, A.J., AND PITRAT, C.W., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 75, P. 41, PLATE 6
  • Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-102
  • Deposit:: ASH, S.R., 1974 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 179-180
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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