Arizona · Yavapai County
Occurrence
Jerome Superior Prospect
Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Unknown
Deposit size
N
Workings
Underground
Ore control
Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue
Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Other materials
Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Rhyolite · Deception Rhyolite;Grapevine Gulch Formation
Associated rock
Rhyolite
Structure
Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration
Chloritization, Sericitization
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10027261
MRDS ID
M002661
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
34.77671, -112.10324
References
ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 154