The Bear Creek Area is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Bear Creek Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Creek Area
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central Mining Region Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bear Creek Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ARGILLIC ALTERATION AND PYRITE IN MID-TERTIARY QUARTZ LATITE, BEAR CREEK STOCK, AND INTRUSIVE BRECCIA.
Comment (Workings): NO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Development): GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
References
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, D. L., 1978, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 152 P
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