Mine detail: Blue Copper Mine

Previously called 'Durham Hills MineBlue Hill Copper MineBig Bull MineBusy Bee'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.73093, -111.13291

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1948
Last production ended:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist
Host type:	Schist,Granite
Associated rock:	Oracle Granite;Samaniego Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Fault Along Contact, N20-N30w, 10-30e Dip
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Silicification, Chloritization

References

MRDS	M899898
DEP	10048323
Reference	{Deposit:: ADMR BLUE COPPER FILE}{Deposit:: C.F. BARTER, 1962. GEOLOGY OF THE OWL HEAD MINING DISTRICT, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA. U.A. M.S. THESIS.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: BANKS, N.G., FIELD EXAM, 1976.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Harner, Joy L.