CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
46 United States (New Mexico) 32.26 N -- 104.15 W Lone Eagle; Golden Eagle; Ammon 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): Lone Eagle; Golden Eagle; Ammon
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: New Mexico
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; disseminated in ss replacing cementing material
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Yeso Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in ss replacing cementing material; several small ore shipments made/ some ore stockpiled/Cu as malachite; ss generally flat lying but sharply folded/faulted where mineralized
References:
Soule, J. H., 1956
Reconnaissance of the "Red Bed" Copper Deposits in Southeastern Colorado and New Mexico
Information Circular, United States Department of The Interior, Bureau of Mines, Publication code 7740, 74 p.


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