Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-16
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Is said TO have yielded $4,000
Ia II few rare cases pockets have
been found with the minerals In their
original state, the iron APPEARING as
pyritc aud Emrcaslte, intergrOwn with
gold ana accompanied by small
! amounts Of ChnlcOpyrite. As g"n-
cral rule the quartz connecting pock-
It's In quite barren Of all minerals.
when undcc0mpOsed sulphlJcS aro
present. iron suiphldes (mostly fer
rOusJ appears IN Considerable quanti-
ties. The fact that pyrhs and mar
castle are present indicates mat the
pockets were formed at COmparutiSr
ly low temperature, probably by acid
solutions. The manganese, nearly al
ways present, causes the solution Ot
gold ana other metals by the DESCENT
Ing mrtcOric waters. The sOluti0V AZ
forwards coming In contact with an
"Nrcss of sulphntc OF iron at the
iron seams" the precipitation Of
gold took place.
There IL also in the immediate VIC
Unity of san Pedro a deposit worked
Tor copper. and this II by far the most
important Of tho ore deposits. the
~ ffAfIH IlblllbH III lUt UlhuIlhlH ~
formed ~ syente porphyry having a
crown of limestone and shales. A.
mentioned before, these Eedimcntary
rocks are Intensely metamorph0scd
ana these highly mtamOrphOsed sedi-
mcnts contain the copper ores
The origin of the copper ore Is GER
tninly due 10 tho action resulting
from very fOrcible intrusion OF a
molten magma from the earth's in
terror among beds NJ limestone, Gases
and vWpOrs were liberated and caused
To penetrate into the cracks and crew
Ices uf the superintendent mass The
limestone has been replaced by mass
I've garnet. which is In some cases
$50 feet thick. In intimate assOcia-
ton with this garnet the ore occurs
as chalcopyrite. while It's associated
minerals are specuiar hematite, cpl
dote. yesuvianite. wollnstonite, quartz
and calCite. The ore Ii always accom-
panied by garnet. although the garnet
does not In all cases carry ore. When
the garnet carries the on, the chal-
copyrite IN disseminated throughout
Its mass. The limestone has been
tilted by tho intrusion OF the syenlte
porphry about 13 degrees to the east.
The ore LOdy lies conformably with
tho strata, but shows great Unequal
ity In the distribution of ore. II has
been opened and worked on three dif-
fcrent levels, which are sparhted from
each other by lean places, but show
no wall rock, In addition to copper
the ore carries low values IN gold ana
silver.
There has been a persistent rumor
that rich pocket Of gold ore exists
on the Paradise lode OF the North
star group. The santa Fe Gold 4
Copper company are within 500 feet
OF the side line Ut the Paradise No.
lode and the ore Is said TO DO getting
stronger and OF better grade az en-
'ploratiOn work u carried further east
and southeast. This. coupled with the
fact that In n deep we'll put down BY
the San Lazarus mine the same belt
of copper WINS passed through by the
drill az depth Of s90 feet would
make this group a very attractive
drill proposition.
The santa ~ Gold q Copper coun-
pany are now smelling about 1aO
tons OF ore pay day. They have an
immisnse deposit o. this orc and 4 n
rata TO run aaOut 8 per cent in COPS
per.