Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSPOTTY
Ore controlOre Is In Breccia Of Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Malachite, Uraninite, Uranophane
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureFault Zone Strikes N 50 E, 30 Nw Dip
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1948
Last production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10108960
MRDS IDM000026
Alternate namesAndrade, Cooley, Luper
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.164, -112.10461
References
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 140 .GRANGER, H. C., AND RAUP, R. B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 29 .PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 TO 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , 1970 , P. 37 .ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 140