Mine detail: Copper World Mine

Previously called 'BrunswickOwascoLittle DaveBlack Horse'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.86069, -110.7679

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Tungsten
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Wollastonite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENTICULAR ZONES
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Horquilla Limestone;Abrigo Formation;Bolsa Quartzite
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Homocline, Thrusts And Normal Faulting, Fracture Zones, Crushed Sedimentary Rocks
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification & Pyritization Of Limestone, Narrow Oxidized Streak S, Contact Metamorphic Minerals

References

MRDS	M050038
DEP	10039406
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582}{Deposit:: CREASY, 1955 USGS BULL 1027-F}{Deposit:: ABM, 1971, FIELD NOTES, V.1, NO. 2}{Deposit:: DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-613}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 130.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1974; CREASY, 1955}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Elliot, James E. And Wilt, Jan, Orris, Greta J.