The Porcupine Prospect is a copper mine located in Guadalupe county, New Mexico.
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Porcupine Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Porcupine Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Guadalupe
District: Pastura
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu
Orebody
Form: STRATA-BOUND
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS IDENTIFIED BY A LIGHT-OLIVE-GRAY SANDY CLAYSTONE NEAR THE BASE OF THE UPPER SANDSTONE MEMBER CONTAINING .005% EU3O8.
Comment (Deposit): SANDY CLAYSTONE IS RADIOACTIVE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAABOUT 5 MILES NW OF AMERICAN URANIUM PROSPECT
References
Reference (Deposit): FINCH, W.I., 1972, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK 23. FINCH, W.I., 1972, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1745
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