Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
SecondaryMolybdenum
TertiaryLead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlClosely Spaced Parallel Fractures, Sheared And Garnetized Limestone In Contact With Intrusives
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDacite
StructureParallel Faults Cutting Across Major Wnw Fault Zone
AlterationArgillic, Garnetized Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Identification
Deposit ID10039685
MRDS IDM050651
Alternate namesOxide Open Pit Mine, Young AmericanYoung America, Silver Bell
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.39705, -111.50264
References
RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESSKERR, 1951, GSA BULL V 62 P 451-480HARDWICK, 1963, USBM IC 8153KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 143GALEY, 1979, SOC ECON GEOL, PORPHYRY CU FIELD CONF, 18 P.