Arizona · Pima County
Past Producer
Pontatoc Mine
Pima County, Arizona, United States
Copper
Silver
Gold
Molybdenum
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Silver, Gold
Tertiary
Molybdenum
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Ore control
Fault Zones Wherever Rock Alteration Is Intense
Materials
Ore minerals
Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue
Ankerite, Epidote, Hematite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss · Catalina Gneiss;Pantano Conglomerate
Structure
Major E Trending Fault Zone And Subsidiary Faults-Santa Catalina F Ault
Alteration
Silicification, Propylitization, Sporadic Dolomitization, Epidote
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1906
Identification
Deposit ID
10039689
MRDS ID
M050656
Alternate names
Pontotoc
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.33205, -110.89791
References
MEDHI, 1964, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZBANKS, N.G., 1974, FIELD EXAMKEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189