The Ute Creek Copper Deposits is a copper mine located in Quay county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Ute Creek Copper Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ute Creek Copper Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Quay
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1920
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
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ---LOW-GRADE DEPOSITS IN THIS AREA. SOME DEPOSITS IN THE COUNTY MAY HAVE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1910-20; NO ACTIVITY SINCE THEN EXCEPT FOR EXPLORATION FOR U.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAABOUT 5 MI W OF LOGAN. SYNONYMS INCLUDE SOME FOR CANADIAN RIVER DEPOSITS.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS WEAK AND SCATTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H.,1956, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7704, P. 22-23
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