El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09


diabase dixie running northeast and
southwest carrying a few percent dis
semmated copper sulphideS, which at
the surface are oXidized and color the
Rich MineTnI Belt.
This rich mineral belt lies between
the Texas & Pacific and Q. H. & 5. A
railroads extending from two miles
west of Van Horn to Eagle Fiat and is
20 miles long and two TO five miles
wide. The country is built up Of crys-
taline schists, such as talcose. mlcac-
cOus, .argilaceoUs and greensboro
schists, with numerous quartz veins
and occasional basaltic intrusions,
These schists dip from % to 50 de-
grees and are thanked on their east
ern and western slopes by limestones-
The principal fitting is due to the up
heava1 of granite rock between Ala
more and Van Horn In these the
minerals, copper, silver and gold, oc-
cur in small veins OF small grains, dis
seminated through altered tgneous,
sehistose or sedimentary rocks. This
includes one or two oikes OF what are
probably pOrphyry copper. The cop
per Is principally chalcopyrltes ana
oxides, and varying quantities Of other
sulphides. I believe 1t strongly re-
sembles the type Of copper rock IN
Miami and Ray, AriZ Some OF the
old prospects in this belt are the Malt
lev with a fissure eight Ieet WIDE
running east and west The mine was
worked by Jacob Hand about p years
ago and subsequently by Jack Bridges.
Shipments brought $40 ton IN cop
per and silver.
once owned by Joe Anderle, on which
are shallow shafts in quartz str1ngeFs
in contact between a greensboro dlke
and slate. The copper occurred IN
punches as chalcOpyrites and red OK
ides. The green stone dixie carries
disseminated copper.
The Old King Solomon
A mile and a half west Of the Cop
foot shaft showing quartz and copper
pyrites On the hill southeast Of Ala
more is the old King solomon, develop
ed by 25 foot incline shaft by A IT.
Parker and captain J. B. Woodyard-
This carries quartz veins with SUI
phides of copper, lead an iron
Four miles southeast Of Allamore
are the old Velasco group and the
French Republic group, through when
runs a fissure 10 feet wide. A shaft
so feet deem shows copper, silver and
gold considerably OEldlzed at the sur
face Near these is the Quein Sabe
group. with a 40 foot shaft showing a
fine body of copper. East of these
near Bass Canyon are other old cop
per prospects of the same class. Near
Eagle Flat in the same .schistOse, are
several outcrops OF copper
Two miles west of Van Horn Is the
which is also a good copper prospect
The main drawback in former days
in the Carrie section was the scarcity
of water
Abundance of Water Now.
This difficulty is being overcome by
the ranchers who have found abund-
ance of water in the plains around 1t
certainly viii some day show up some
good low grade concentrating copper
properties. when properly developed.
Just a few miles from Van Horn Is
an immense pOrphyry copper dixie over
so feet wide throughout which is dis
seminated chalcopyrites, which I con-
slider one of the best lOdes in the
southwest. The ore much resembles
that at TularOsa canyon, New Mexico
II shows from 2 Z to 6 percent copper
West Of Sierra Blanca extending
westward 10 miles are the Sierra
( Blanca and Ouitman ranges. Half
mile from Sierra Blanca sta
ton is copper vein which was de-
J velOped 800 feet deep by F. W. Thorn
NEE. The ore is in a fissure and. IS
oxides and silicates of copper On the
west side of the Quitmans is a long
Z belt. traceable four or five miles, OF
! contact metamOrphic formation, be-
I tween granite pOrphyry and limestone.
The most important development
| there is in the Little Lightning group,
where from a stOpe 20 feet below the
{ surface. Six car loads of ore were
( shipped a year ago to the smelter, run
I ming from to 19 percent copper. The
ore is chalcOpyriteS and pyrltes. In
I the garnetized line are veins anu
| pockets of copper ore, and near the
contact the granite carries dissemln-
/ is a very promising copper field, and
n Ia lr0an