Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper, Stone
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Pyrite, Sericite
Geology
Associated rockRhyodacite,Diabase,Granite,Schist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1958
Identification
Deposit ID10113726
Alternate namesMunsey Property, Ben Alverez Group, Red Hills Property, Arizona Cons Au and Ag Property, Arizona Copper GroupRed Hills, Mesa West
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.03569, -111.2163
References
Claims Extend Into Sec.32 And 34USGS Worth Butte QuadAdmr Alvarez Claims FileEngineering And Mining Journal Vol.172,No.2,Feb.1971,P132Admr Arizona Copper Group FileAdmr Ariz.Cons.Au And Cu Mine FileAdmr U FileArizona Depeartment of Mines and Mineral Resources. Arizona Mining Update-2007. Accessed 30-JUL-2009. www.mines.az.govSinger and others, 2008Bell Copper News "Bell introduces new porphyry copper project in Arizona": Press release August 8, 2007. Contains a description of the geology, possibly copied from Williams and Forrester, 1995. Accessed 29-JUL-2009. http://www.bellcopper.net/s/News_Releases.asp?ReportID=300697Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.