Mine detail: Chalcocite Prospect

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.00504, -106.89754
dep_id: 10087965
mrds_id: D011254
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: 35-Foot Band Of Schist In Precambrian Granite
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Nacimiento Fault
tectonic: Nacimiento Uplift
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, USGS PP 68, P. 149-150
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 28
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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