Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryArsenic, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver
TertiaryGold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNw-Trending Shear Zone In Granite Porphyry
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMonzonite
Associated rockSandstone,Rhyolite · Mount Wrightson Formation
StructureMonzonite (?) Porphyry Intrudes Mount Wrightson Formation And Is Locally Much Altered To Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, Pyrite, And Tourmaline, 200 Ft. Wide Mineralized Zone Consists Of Belts Of Sheared And Silicified Country Rock With Isolated Showings Of Copper Carbonate Ores
Tectonic settingThunder Mine Fault Block
AlterationSurface Oxidation Over 80 Ft. In Depth
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1897
Last production1954
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10048335
MRDS IDM899919
Alternate namesPina, Volcano Mine, Horseshoe Claim, Farrell Claim, Sunnyside Copper
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates31.45125, -110.74678
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES; SUNNYSIDE, VOLCANOSCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 255-256KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 96-97ADMR FILE DATA, VOLCANO MINEABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; VOLCANO GROUP OF MINES, SUNNYSIDE GROUP-PATAGONIASIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762(1:48000)KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHSIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 9Singer and others, 2008CIMRItalk at Bootprints Symposium, Tucson Arizona, Oct. 1995Graybeal, F.T., 1996, Sunnyside: a vertically-preserved porphyry copper system, Patagonia Mountains, Arizona; SEG Newsletter, July 1996 issue, p. 1.Simons, F.S., 1974, Geologic map and sections of the Nogales and Lochiel quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations I-762, 9 p.