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Ute Creek Copper Deposits

Past Producer in Quay county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101921
MRDS ID DAV0112
Record type Site
Current site name Ute Creek Copper Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.5005, 35.37118 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quay(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hudson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucumcari(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucumcari(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ute(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Quay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
13N 32E 11,12 W2 (12); E4 (11) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAABOUT 5 MI W OF LOGAN. SYNONYMS INCLUDE SOME FOR CANADIAN RIVER DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dockum
    Rock description Dockum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.5005, 35.37118
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATA-BOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS WEAK AND SCATTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1920

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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