Mine detail: Sunnyside Mine Group

Previously called 'PinaVolcano MineHorseshoe ClaimFarrell ClaimSunnyside Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.45125, -110.74678

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1897
Last production ended: 1954

Geology

Host type:Monzonite
Associated rock:Mount Wrightson Formation
Associated type:Sandstone,Rhyolite
Structure:Monzonite (?) Porphyry Intrudes Mount Wrightson Formation And Is Locally Much Altered To Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, Pyrite, And Tourmaline, 200 Ft. Wide Mineralized Zone Consists Of Belts Of Sheared And Silicified Country Rock With Isolated Showings Of Copper Carbonate Ores
Tectonic:Thunder Mine Fault Block
Alteration processes:Surface Oxidation Over 80 Ft. In Depth

References

MRDSM899919
DEP10048335
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES; SUNNYSIDE, VOLCANO}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 255-256}{Deposit:: KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 96-97}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, VOLCANO MINE}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; VOLCANO GROUP OF MINES, SUNNYSIDE GROUP-PATAGONIA}{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)}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 9}{Deposit:: Singer and others, 2008}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reference:: talk at Bootprints Symposium, Tucson Arizona, Oct. 1995}{Reserve-Resource:: Graybeal, F.T., 1996, Sunnyside: a vertically-preserved porphyry copper system, Patagonia Mountains, Arizona; SEG Newsletter, July 1996 issue, p. 1.}{Reserve-Resource:: Simons, F.S., 1974, Geologic map and sections of the Nogales and Lochiel quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations I-762, 9 p.}
ReporterCalder, Susan R., Admr, Anderson, Claire