Continental Breccia Pipe

The Continental Breccia Pipe is a copper, molybdenum, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Continental Breccia Pipe

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Cobre Mining Co.
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Breccia-Filling
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

Model Name: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: PIPE ()

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R. LONG, USGS.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.

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