| Lat / long: | 32.6404, -108.37284 |
| Primary: | Copper, Gold, Silver |
| Secondary: | Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone |
| Tertiary: | Vanadium, Molybdenum, Uranium |
| Ore: | Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Fluorite, Libethenite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Torbernite, Turquoise |
| Gangue: | Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Discovery year: | 1869 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Production years: | 1879, 1881-1882, 1902-1912, 1916-1949, 1967- |
| First production started: | 1879 |
| Last production ended: | 1981 |
| Host rock: | Tyrone Stock;Stage I Porphyry;Stage Ii Porphyry;Stage Iii Breccia;Stage Iv Porphyry |
| Host type: | Tonalite,Diorite,Dacite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Five Northeast Trending Zones Of Closely Spaced Fractures Are Also Zones Of Higher Grade Ore. Deposit Bounded To Nw By Nne Burro Chief Fault And To S By Ew Racket Virginia Fault. |
| Tectonic: | Continental Magmatic Arc |
| Alteration processes: | Alteration Products: Sericite, Quartz, Chlorite, Epidote, Kaolinite. Erratic Argillic Alteration. Pervasive Quartz-Sericite Alteration. Peripheral Propylitic Alteration With Chloritized Biotite, Feldspar Altered To Montmorillonite, And Addition Of Pyrite. Silicification Along Contact Between Eeo Porphyry And Prec Granite. |
| MRDS | D007835 |
| DEP | 10012285 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 55-57}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 321-324}{Deposit:: PAIGE, S., 1922 USGS PP 122, 53 PAGES}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 261-289}{Deposit:: KOLESSAR, J., 1982, THE TYRONE COPPER DEPOSITS, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IN TITLEY, S.R., ED., ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS: TUCSON, UNIV. ARIZONA PRESS, P. 327-333.}{Deposit:: LONG, K.R., 1994, PRODUCTION AND RESERVES OF CORDILLERAN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, IN BOLM, J.G., AND PIERCE, F.W., EDS., BOOTPRINTS ALONG THE CORDILLERA: ARIZ. GEOL. SOC. DIGEST 21.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 64}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MAPS MF-1031, MF-1037, MF-1040, MF-1041}{Deposit:: SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: STEGEN, R.J., 1994, GEOLOGIC TOUR OF THE TYRONE MINE: PHELPS DIDGE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 6 P.}{Deposit:: FIELD VISIT BY KEITH R. LONG, USGS, 10/1994}{Production:: (1,2) LONG, 1994; (3) STEGEN, 1994.} |
| Reporter | Menzie, David, Long, Keith R. |