Mine detail: San Xavier Mine

Previously called 'San Xavier North'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.02762, -111.08152

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfide
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Melaconite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	ENRICHMENT BLANKET
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Bisbee Group
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Folding Of Sedimentary Rocks, San Xavier Fault Is Lower Boundary Of Mineralized Rocks
Alteration processes:	Phyllic

References

MRDS	M050619
DEP	10039668
Reference	{Deposit:: PAYDIRT - AUGUST 28, 1972; OCT 23, 1972; MARCH 26, 1973.}{Deposit:: E & MJ, MARCH, 1972.}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 138.}{Deposit:: KING, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 101-102.}{Deposit:: GREELEY, 1978, ADMR SPEC REPT NO. 27.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1974; KING, 1978}{Reserve-Resource:: GREELEY, 1978.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.