Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryCadmium, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model53: Porphyry Cu58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground, Surface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprodescloizite, Gold, Silver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Limestone
Associated rockGranite · Sacramento Hill Stock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Last production1931
Identification
Deposit ID10046235
MRDS IDM241099
Alternate namesBisbee, Sacramento Hill mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.43708, -109.90176
References
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89.BONILLAS, 1917, AIME TRANS, V. 55, P. 284-355Titley, S. R., 1993, Characteristics of porphyry copper occurrence in the American Southwest; in Kirkham, R.V., Sinclair, W.D., Thorpe, R.I. and Duke, J.M., Mineral Deposit Modeling, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 40, p. 433-464.Lowell, J.D. and Guilbert, J.M., 1970, Lateral and vertical alteration-mineralization zoning in porphyry ore deposits; Economic Geology, v. 65, p. 373-408.A succinct description of the ore geology was found at the Sacramento pit record of mindat.org on 7/20/2010.\nhttp://www.mindat.org/loc-6830.htmlKEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.