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): |
Champion |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: New Mexico; Subprovince or locality: Taos County; Nearest community: Taos (32 km SW) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; malachite and chrysocolla occur in fractures and as disseminations along bedding planes within the ortega quartzite |
Geologic province: |
Picuris Range |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) malachite and chrysocolla occur in fractures and as disseminations along bedding planes within the Ortega quartzite |
References: |
Summo Minerals Corporation, 1995 |
Summo Minerals Corporation, Company Report |
Company Report, Summo Mineral Corporation |
Williams, M. L.; Bauer, P. W., 1995 |
The Copper Hill Cu-Ag-Sb Deposit, Picuris Range, New Mexico: Retrograde Mineralization In a Brittle-Ductile Trap |
Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 1994 - 2005 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
18,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: geological resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 0.4 percent | Reference: Summo Minerals Corporation, 1995: Summo Mineral Corporation Report; Unpublished Company Report Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |