The Copper Prospect 1 is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Copper Prospect 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Prospect 1
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Oscura (Estey)
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN IN FAULT GOUGE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE; SITE NAME COINED BY COMPILER
Comment (Geology): AZRT AND MLCT IN FAULT GOUGE IN PREC GRANITE. SULFIDES AND OXIDES WERE NOT OBSERVED.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALIZATION WAS OBSERVED IN PROSPECT PITS. TECTONIC SETTING - RIO GRANDE RIFT. UP-SECTION TERT MONZONITE INTRUSIVE MAY HAVE PROVIDED HEAT AND(OR) FLUIDS FOR MINERALIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): BACHMAN, G.O., 1968, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 594-J, P. 40
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