CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
42 United States (New Mexico) 34.26 N -- 106.18 W Abiquiu 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): 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-conglomerate
Individual lithologies:sandstone (finegrained)
grit
conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Poleo Sandstone
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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