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): |
Abiquiu |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: New Mexico |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; replacement of carbonaceous material in sandstone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Triassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (finegrained) grit conglomerate | Host rock stratigraphy: | Poleo Sandstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) replacement of carbonaceous material in sandstone; two groups-!st 5 miles north of Abiquiu, 2nd 7 miles north of Abiquiu; Abo redbeds underly the Poleo ss; primary Cu mineral is chalcocite |
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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