Mine detail: Oxide Mine

Previously called 'Oxide Open Pit MineYoung AmericanSilver Bell'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.39705, -111.50264

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Parallel Faults Cutting Across Major Wnw Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Garnetized Limestone

References

MRDS	M050651
DEP	10039685
Reference	{Deposit:: RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS}{Deposit:: KERR, 1951, GSA BULL V 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.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.