Arizona · Pima County
Past Producer
Giant Claims
Pima County, Arizona, United States
Tungsten
Molybdenum
Copper
Silver
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Description
Wm.H. Coplen
Commodities
Primary
Tungsten, Molybdenum
Tertiary
Copper, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
IRREGULAR, LENSES
Ore control
Irregular Disconnected Quartz Lenses In Porous Zoisite-Quartzite Be D
Materials
Ore minerals
Chrysocolla, Malachite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue
Epidote, Zoisite
Geology
Host rock
Quartzite
Associated rock
Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure
Faulting In Quartzite Bed With Considerable Horizontal Displacemen T
Tectonic setting
Basin & Range
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1951
Identification
Deposit ID
10039530
MRDS ID
M050227
Alternate names
Giant Nos. 3-10, Giant Mine, Grand Mountain Claim
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
31.66013, -111.67514
References
DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNY, 1960, USBM RI 5650KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189CIMRI