Arizona · Yavapai County
Occurrence
Black Mesa Mine
Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
Copper
Molybdenum
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Commodities
Tertiary
Copper, Molybdenum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PIPE/ELIPTICAL
Ore control
Faulting, Shearing
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite · Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite · Lcret-Tert Undated But Late Cretaceous-Paleocene;Aplite
Structure
Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e, Breccia Pipe Cuts Host Rock; Mineralization In Pipe
Alteration
None
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10027554
MRDS ID
M003350
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
34.59254, -113.21744
References
ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 75