Mine detail: Alfonso Villey Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.3357, -110.7115

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Quartz Monzonite Country Rock Is Cut In Region By Granite Porphyry, Diorite, And Aplitic Granite, Vein Contains Sesams Of Pyrite And Chalcopyrite Coated With Chalcocite And Covellite
Alteration processes:	Sericitic Zone At Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Granite Porphyry

References

MRDS	M899916
DEP	10048332
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #5}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P. 347.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan)