Arizona · Graham County
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Safford Mine

Graham County, Arizona, United States
CopperGoldSilverMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
TertiarySilver, Molybdenum
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu-Au
Model78: Porphyry Cu-Au
Orebody formIrregular and Massive
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Curite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Andesite,Quartz Diorite · "San Juan Stock", "Safford Meta-volcanics"
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production2006
Identification
Deposit ID10400314
Alternate namesDos Pobres Mine, San Juan Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.9468, -109.6542
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safford_MineAnnual Review, 1996, Exploration overview, copper: Mining Engineering, May, p. 50.Langton J M, Williams S A 1982 - Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining District, Graham County, Arizona: in Titley S R 1983 Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson pp 335-352Lowell, J.D., 1989, Gold mineralization in porphyry copper deposits discussed: Mining Engineering, v. 41, no. 4, p. 227?231.Robinson, R.F., and Cook, A., 1966, The Safford copper deposit, Lone Star mining district, Graham County, Arizona, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona PressWilliams, 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: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 21?34.