Hachita, New Mexico

The Hachita porphyry project is located in southwest New Mexico. 

The Jurassic Broken Jug Formation and the Cretaceous U-bar and Hell-To-Finish Formations consist of shale and thin to massively bedded limestones, which are ideal hosts for skarn/replacement deposits. A Laramide intrusive suite consisting of quartz monzonite, granodiorite, and diorite stocks intrude into the receptive host rocks.

There are two main target areas at Hachita – the Western target and the Copper Dick Extension target. 

At the Western target, widespread sericite-pyrite alteration and locally abundant quartz veins and CuOx mineralization indicate a porphyry Cu-Au system. This is interpreted to represent the pyrite halo – with the higher-grade potassic core yet to be found. 

Cu-Au skarn is present at the surface at the historic Copper Dick Mine, which is cut by a down to the north normal fault. The continuation of this alteration and mineralization is potentially at depth under the overlying Cretaceous Mojado Sandstone.

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*Nearby mines and deposits provide context for the project, but do not necessarily indicate similar size, styles or grade of mineralization within the project.