Description
Asarco Geologists
Commodities
PrimaryCopper Oxide, Copper Sulfide
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formENRICHMENT BLANKET
Ore controlClastic Wall Rocks, Stratigrapy. Mo & Ag Concentrated Also In Porphyry
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Melaconite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock · Bisbee Group
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFolding Of Sedimentary Rocks, San Xavier Fault Is Lower Boundary Of Mineralized Rocks
AlterationPhyllic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10039668
MRDS IDM050619
Alternate namesSan Xavier North
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.02762, -111.08152
References
PAYDIRT - AUGUST 28, 1972; OCT 23, 1972; MARCH 26, 1973.E & MJ, MARCH, 1972.KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 138.KING, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 101-102.GREELEY, 1978, ADMR SPEC REPT NO. 27.CIMRIKEITH, 1974; KING, 1978GREELEY, 1978.