Mine detail: Molinar Alaska Mine

Previously called 'Stella MineStevens MineAlaska TunnelStevens Molinar Mine Stevens LeaseAlaska Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.1351, -109.36537

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Specularite
Gangue:	Limonite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1952
Last production ended:	1967

Geology

Host rock:	Modoc Limestone;Coronado Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Tertiary Volcanic Flow;Basement Granite
Associated type:	Basalt,Granite
Structure:	Normal Faulting Confined To Pre-Tertiary Rocks, With Vertical Desplacement Of 2000 Ft, Diabase Dike Intrudes Granite And Is Step-Faulted To East; Main Ore Deposits Are Located In Limestones Just Above Quartzite And Just Below Tertiary Basalts
Tectonic:	Metcalf Fault Block Region; Transition Between Basin And Range And Coloroado Plateau Provinces
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M800404
DEP	10048280
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FILA DATA, UNDER STEVENS MINE}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P 352-353}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE CO., AZ: MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, UNDER STEVENS GROUP}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER STEVENS BROTHERS GOLD HOLDINGS}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.