Mine detail: Legal Tender Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

32.07762, -110.03427

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla
Gangue:	Diopside, Garnet, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	SMALL SEAMS AND POCKETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Horquilla Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Texas Canyon
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne., Lamprophyre Dike.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Tactite, Recrystallized Limestone.

References

MRDS	M050017
DEP	10039390
Reference	{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2 DRILL HOLES.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416}{Production:: COOPER AND SILVER 1964.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.