Mine detail: Copper Hill Prospect

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Location: Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.94871, -110.86375
dep_id: 10037118
mrds_id: M030480
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite
alteration: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite In Granodiorite, Chlorite-Epidote-Montmoril Lonite In Granite, Weak Potassic Alteration In Granodiorite
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Ruin (Oracle) Granite
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: EVENSEN, 1961, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 45 P.
  • Deposit:: KRIEGER, 1974, USGS MAP GQ-1106
  • Deposit:: SCHMIDT, 1971, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 248 P.
  • Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, 1954, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 82 P.
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