Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Stauber; Guadalupe |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: New Mexico |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; diss in sandstone and replacing woody plant debris |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstoneIndividual lithologies: | sandstone shale (clay or shale) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Santa Rosa Member, Chinle Formation |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) diss in sandstone & replacing woody plant debris; from 1925 to 1957 mine produced 6600 tons of Cu and 42000 ounces of Ag; ore-bearing ss up to 12 ft thick/extends 1500 ft in length/320 ft wide |
References: |
Kinkle, A. R., 1962 |
Copper in the United States |
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, MR-13 |
Lapoint, D. J., 1979 |
Geology Geochemistry and Petrology of Sandstone Copper Deposits in New Mexico |
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 333 p. |
Phillips, J. S., 1960 |
Sandstone-Type Copper Deposits of the Western United States |
Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 320 p. |
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Production data: |
5,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 100 percent | Reference: Hagni, R. D., 1988: Mineralogy, Origin, and Potential for Discovery of Creta, Oklahoma Copper Shale-Type Deposits in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas; in North American Conference on Tectonic Control of Ore Deposits and the Vertical and Horizontal Extent of Ore Systems, Edited by Kisvarsanyi, G.; Grant, S. K., Proceedings Volume, University of MIssouri-Rolla, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 567 p, p. 455 - 467 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |