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Copper Prospect 2

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014954
MRDS ID DAV0047
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.34307, 33.56177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mockingbird Gap SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9S 6E 5 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE LOCATION FROM A SKETCHY DESCRIPTION. SITE NAME COINED BY COMPILER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bliss
    Rock description Bliss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IN FAULT GOUGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • AZURITE AND MALACHITE IN FAULT GOUGE IN ORD SANDSTONE. SULFIDES AND OXIDES WERE NOT OBSERVED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oscura (Estey)

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALIZATION WAS OBSERVED IN PROSPECT PITS. TECTONIC SETTING: RIO GRANDE RIFT.

Reporter information

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

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