Mine detail: South Pit Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

30.76518, -105.0019

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Brochantite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Goethite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Yucca Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Alteration processes:	Bleaching (Perhaps Secondary) Of Sandstone

References

MRDS	W701450
DEP	10085799
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: TX BEG RI 145}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.