Mine detail: Copper Bar Prospect.

Previously called 'Royal Tinto Mining and Smelting Co Group.'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.95343, -110.31984

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite, Specularite
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics
Host type:Schist
Associated rock:68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Tectonic:Basin And Range.

References

MRDSM050075
DEP10039433
Reference{Deposit:: USGS PP 461}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 763}{Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.}{Production:: SIMONS 1964.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R.