Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Occurrence

Providencia Claim

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
CopperMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSomewhat Sheared Quartz Monzonite Is Impregnated With Evenly Disseminated Small Crystals, Masses, And Grains Of Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, And Trace Amounts Of Molybdenite
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureE-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite, Quartz Monzonite Is Locally Intruded By Granite Porphyry And Underlain By Diorite
AlterationMinor
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10037103
MRDS IDM030403
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.3882, -110.76512
References
SCHRADER & HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430.SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.ABGMT FILE DATA.CIMRI