Mine detail: Pine Flat Mine

Previously called 'Cirlce ParkBucksightCircle peakPatented Claims M S 1950Old Pine Flat Camp'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.36394, -112.33407

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz, Selenite
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu-Mo
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Pine Flat Intrusive Complex
Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	Spud Mountain Formation-member of the Big Bug Group of the Yavapai Supergroup, Yavapai Supergroup
Associated type:	Metavolcanic Rock,Metamorphic Rock
Structure:	Overturned Anticline; Foliation Of Volcanics Trends N28e, Dips 72nw; Siliceous Breccia Zones
Alteration processes:	Deuteric, Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic

References

MRDS	M030504
DEP	10037125
Reference	{Deposit:: Spatz, D.M., 1995, Geology and zoning relationships at the Pine Flat porphyry copper deposit, Yavapai County, Arizona; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 347-363.}{Deposit:: Anderson, C.A. and Blacet, P.M., 1972, Precambrian geology of the northern Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 1336, 79 p.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Anderson, Claire, Admr