The Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect is a copper and gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.4825, -105.74111
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Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propyllitic-Argillic-Phyllic
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY SHOWS HIGH VALUES OF 222 PPB AU, 0.60% CU, AND 3.2 PPM TE.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): LIMITED SHALLOW DRILLING INDICATES INCREASED CU-AU VALUES AT DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): MAPPING HAS DELINEATED CONCENTRIC ZONES OF ALTERATION FROM PROPYLITIZED ANDESITE AND SYENITE (ON THE MARGINS OF THE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM), TO ARGILLIC AND PHYLLIC HALOS.
Comment (Deposit): A ZONE OF INTENSE ALTERATION AND NNE-TRANDING FRACTURES IS SEEN. FULP AND WOODWARD (1991) PROPOSE THAT SILICA-LIMONITE BRECCIAS ARE ABOVE A LARGE-TONNAGE CU-AU PORPHYRY SYSTEM.
References
Reference (Deposit): FULP AND WOODWARD ,1991, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 42D FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 327-328
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