Mine detail: El Tiro Open Pit Mine

Previously called 'Red Rock GroupSilver Bell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.41622, -111.53764

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, Gold
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Limonite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1954

Geology

Host rock:El Tiro and Imperial stocks
Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Dacite
Structure:Sheared Limestone, Parallel Fissures In Dacite Porphyry
Alteration processes:Argillic; Partly Oxidized, Garnetized Limestone

References

MRDSM050650
DEP10039684
Reference{Age:: Kendrick, M.A., Burgess, R., Pattrick, R.A.D. and Turner, G., 2001, Halogen and Ar-Ar age determinations of inclusions within quartz veins from porphyry copper deposits using complementary noble gas extraction techniques; Chemical Geology, v. 177, p. 351-370.}{Age:: Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J.T. and Zurcher, L., 2005, Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite; Economic Geology, v. 100, p. 1605-1616.}{Deposit:: Richard and Courtright, 1966, Porph-Cu Volume Abm.}{Deposit:: Kerr, 1951, Gsa Bull 62, P. 451-480.}{Deposit:: Hardwick, 1963, USBM Ic 8153.}{Deposit:: Keith, 1974, Abm Bull 189, P. 143.}{Deposit:: Galey, 1979, Soc Econ Geol, Porphyry Cu Field Conf, 18 P.}{Deposit:: S B Keith Ariz Bur Mines Bull 189 1974 P 143}{Geology:: Graybeal F T 1983 - Geology of the El Tiro area: in Titley S R 1983 Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson pp 487-505}{Geology:: Lopez J A, Titley S R 1995 - Outcrop and capping characteristics of the supergene sulfide enrichment at North Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona: in Pierce F W, Bolm J G (Eds), Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera Arizona Geol. Soc. Digest 20 pp 424-435}{Geology:: Richard K, Courtright J H 1966 - Structure and mineralization at Silver Bell, Arizona: in Titley S R, Hicks C L 1966 Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson pp 157-163}{Geology:: Cook S S and Porter T M, 2005 - The Geologic History of Oxidation and Supergene Enrichment in the Porphyry Copper Deposits of Southwestern North America, in Porter T M, (Ed), Super Porphyry Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, v1 pp 207-242}{Other Database:: Cimri}{Production:: Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.}{Reserve-Resource:: Browne, Q. J. and Miller, M. A., 2002, Use of geologic parameters for development of low-grade copper reserves, Silver Bell Mine, Arizona; In Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibit, 2002, Technical Program, Society of Mining Engineers, p. 68.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Admr