Mine detail: Sanchez Copper Deposit

Previously called 'Safford InspirationCarpenterSafford DepositEsperanzaInspiration Sanchez ProjectBellmonBob CarrescoArichise Copper Co.United NuclearNancy GroupMcBrideAzco'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.88149, -109.53454

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Molybdenum, Gold
Ore: Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Delafossite, Gold, Molybdenite, Tenorite, Malachite, Brochantite
Gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: PIPE, Disseminated massive orebody, fissure vein and breccia fill.
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1899-LATE 193*;
First production started: 1899

Geology

Host rock:Safford Volcanics;Tmp-1,-2, Breccia
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Associated rock:Tmp-3, 4
Associated type:Monzonite
Tectonic:Continental Magmatic Arc
Alteration processes:See Comments

References

MRDSM000791
DEP10026888
Reference{Deposit:: Greeley, 1978, Az. Dept. Min. Res., Spec. Rept. No. 2, P. 83-87.}{Deposit:: 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 Prophyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America: Tucson, Ariz., Univ. Of Az. Press, P. 250-266.}{Deposit:: Dunn, 1978, Az. Geol. Soc. Digest, V. 11, P. 9-15.}{Deposit:: Horsnail, 1978, Jour. Geochem. Expl., V. 9, Nos. 2-3, P. 151-153.}{Deposit:: Walenga, Karen, 1989, Azco Reviewing Feasibility Study Of Sanchez Copper Project: Southwestern Paydirt, March 1989, P. 3a.}{Deposit:: Tucson Citizen, 1993, Thursday, March 11, P. 5c.}{Deposit:: Niemuth, N.J., 1987, Arizona Mineral Development 1984-1986: Arizona Department Of Mines And Mineral Resources Directory 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: Sawyer, M.B., Gurmendi, A.C., Daley, M.R., And Howell, S.B., 1992, Principal Deposits Of Strategic And Critical Minerals In Arizona: United States Bureau Of Mines Special Publication, 334 P.}{Deposit:: Drier, J.E., 1994, Geology Of The Sanchez Porphyry Copper Deposit: Azco Mining Inc., Unpub. Rept., 15 P.}{Deposit:: Singer and others, 2008}{Deposit:: Azco Mining Inc. Sanchez Copper Project Plan Of Operations Submitted To The Blm, Safford District Office, July 1991.}{Deposit:: Azco Mining Inc. Feasibilty Study, Azco Sanchez Copper Project, 3 Vol. Wright Engineers Limited, Nov. 1990.}{Deposit:: Dreier, John (Vice President-Exploration). Azco Mining Inc. Personal Communication, January 1992.}{Deposit:: The Mining Record, V106 N19, 5-10-95, P.7.}{Deposit:: Sw Pay Dirt, 12-95, P.14a.}{Deposit:: Sw Pay Dirt, 6-95, P.3a.}{Deposit:: American Metal Market, V103 N85, 5-3-95, P.2.}{Deposit:: Azco Mining Inc. Statement Of Material Facts, 3-23-92, P.7.}{Deposit:: The Mining Record, V106 N13, 3-29-95, P.1.}{Deposit:: Sw Pay Dirt, 2-95, P.9a.}{Other Database:: Cimri}{Production:: Abm File Data}{Reserve-Resource:: Anonymous, 1995, The Northern Miner, April 10 issue, p. 3.}{Reserve-Resource:: Langton, J.M. and Williams, S.A., 1982, Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining district, Graham County, Arizona; in Advances in Titley, S. R., ed., Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 335-352.}{Reserve-Resource:: Keith and others, 1983}{Reserve-Resource:: John Drier, personal commun. 1993 and 1995}{Reserve-Resource:: Greeley, 1978, P.85; Walenga, 1989, P. 3a.; Tucson Citizen, 1993; Sawyer And Others, 1992.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J., Long, Keith R., Admr, Dolzani, Roger L., Anderson, Claire