Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlOre Disseminated In Schultze Granite, Some Also In Adjacent Schist, And Near Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Pinal Schist;Schultze Granite
StructureNs Curving To Wnw Fault Forms Needle Creek Valley, Faulting Is Mainly E-W In Mined Area
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1968-1980
First production1929
Last production1984
Discovery year1894
Identification
Deposit ID10046313
MRDS IDM241219
Alternate namesUpper Ox Hide, Lower Ox Hide, Schultze Mine, Schultze Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.38591, -110.92458
References
USGS P.P. 342, 1962, PLATE 1.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ADMR OXHIDE MINE FILE.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRISAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.