Mine detail: Chalcocite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.00504, -106.89754

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Nacimiento Fault
Tectonic:	Nacimiento Uplift

References

MRDS	D011254
DEP	10087965
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Murray, Diane