Mine detail: Sanchez Copper Deposit

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

Location:	Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.88149, -109.53454
dep_id:	10026888
mrds_id:	M000791
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver, Molybdenum, Gold
Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
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_fm:	PIPE, Disseminated massive orebody, fissure vein and breccia fill.
work_type:	Surface
model:	{53: Porphyry Cu}{78: Porphyry Cu-Au}
alteration:	See Comments
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal, Oxidation
Reporter:	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J., Long, Keith R., Admr, Dolzani, Roger L., Anderson, Claire
hrock_unit:	Safford Volcanics;Tmp-1,-2, Breccia
hrock_type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
arock_unit:	Tmp-3, 4
arock_type:	Monzonite
tectonic:	Continental Magmatic Arc
Year first produced:	1899
disc_yr:	1899
prod_yrs:	1899-LATE 193*;
References:	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.