Description
Cerro Verde Mining Co
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR-VEINS
Ore controlFault Zones (2 Systems) N-S And E-W
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Grossularite, Muscovite, Powellite, Scheelite, Tenorite
GangueDiopside, Gypsum, Idocrase, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Toroweap Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureBasin And Range, Assymetric North Plunging Anticline (Rocky Range)
Tectonic settingPaleozoic Miogeosyncline
AlterationBleached, Marbleized, Skarn
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1962
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10101625
MRDS IDD005834
Alternate namesBwana Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.45302, -113.07386
References
UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA PUBLICATION NO 3WHELAN, J.A., THE ROCKY MINING DISTRICT, IN PRESS, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY