CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1123 United States (New Mexico) 34.09.00 N -- 106.40 W Rayo District Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Rayo District
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: New Mexico; Nearest community: Scholle
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; copper is found in meseta blanca sandstone
Geologic province: Rayo District
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Permian (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) copper is found in Meseta Blanca sandstone; copper-bearing sandstone is friable, light brown, arkosic and contain little organic debris
References:
Lapoint, D. J., 1989
A Model for the Diagenetic Formation of Sandstone Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks of Permian and Triassic Age, in New Mexico, U.S.A.
in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 357 - 70


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