Mine detail: Bulldozer Mine

Previously called 'Del Rio Mine'

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.87346, -110.79846
dep_id: 10039402
mrds_id: M050031
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chrysocolla, Malachite, Tenorite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Intense Silicification
conc_proc: Permiable Fracture Zones.
ore_ctrl: Crushed Blocks Of Silicated Limestone.
Reporter: Gest, Don E., Hasler, J. William, Keith, William J.
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Granodiorite Stock 54 +-2my Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N., Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.
tectonic: Basin And Range.
Year first produced: 1879
yr_lst_prd: 1960
disc_yr: 1879
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F. C. , 1915 USGS BULL. 582
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO. 2
  • Deposit:: DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)
  • Deposit:: KEITH,S.B.,1974,ABM BULLETIN 189, P.124.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL. 1027-F
  • Deposit:: 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
  • Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.
  • Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613
  • Production:: KEITH,S.B.,1974.
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