Arizona · La Paz County
Past Producer

Copperstone

La Paz County, Arizona, United States
GoldSilverBarium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults And Brecciation, Detachment Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueAmethyst, Barite, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Magnetite, Malachite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Quartz Latite,Basalt
StructureMoon Mountains Detachment Fault, Probable Fault Separating Jurassic Metamorphosed Volcanic Rocks And Overlying Sedimentary Breccias Derived From Them.
AlterationSericitization, Some Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1987
Discovery year1979
Identification
Deposit ID10056413
MRDS IDTC00084
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.87366, -114.29079
References
WALENGA, KAREN, 1987, NEW OPERATION TO DOUBLE ARIZONA GOLD PRODUCTION: SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, NO. 581, P. 4A-5A.WALENGA, KAREN, 1988, CYPRUS STARTS WORK ON UNDERGROUND MINE AT COPPERSTONE: SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, NO. 592, P. 5A.SPENCER, J.E., DUNCAN, J.T., AND BURTON, W.D., 1988, THE COPPERSTONE MINE: ARIZONA'S NEW GOLD PRODUCER: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY FIELDNOTES, V. 18, NO. 2, P. 1-3.PETERSON, E.K., AND DUPREE, J.A., 1993, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF BULK MINABLE GOLD DEPOSITS, COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA, IN MANYDEEDS, S.A., AND SMITH, B.D., EDS., MINERAL FRONTIERS ON INDIAN LANDS: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS DIVISION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, P. 35-42.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.MINERAL TODAY, 1/90, P. 26.CIMRIWALENGA, 1987, P. 4A; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; MINERAL TODAY, 1990.WALENGA, 1988, P. 5A; NIEMUTH, 1987.