Mine detail: Pontatoc Mine

Previously called 'Pontotoc'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.33205, -110.89791

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Ankerite, Epidote, Hematite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1906

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Catalina Gneiss;Pantano Conglomerate
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Major E Trending Fault Zone And Subsidiary Faults-Santa Catalina F Ault
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Propylitization, Sporadic Dolomitization, Epidote

References

MRDS	M050656
DEP	10039689
Reference	{Deposit:: MEDHI, 1964, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: BANKS, N.G., 1974, FIELD EXAM}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.