Mine detail: Red Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Red Mountain ProjectTen Grand MineGemCarlton Property'

Location:	Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	31.50375, -110.71928
dep_id:	10048337
mrds_id:	M899921
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Aluminum
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
Trace mineral:	Kaolin, Potassium, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Gold
gangue:	Anhydrite, Chlorite, Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	High Pyritic Phyllic Alteration Surrounded By Pyritic-Argillic And Propyllitic Alteration; With Depth, Sulfur Decreases And Changes From Near-Surface Sulfur-Rich Phyllitic Alteration, Through Weak Potassic Alteration, To Low Sulfur Potassic Alteration At Depth. Alunitization, Silicification.
conc_proc:	Hypogene Enrichment Of Fractured Intrusives; Gossan And Some Oxidized Copper On Surface Indicates Surface Oxidationand Leaching; Felsic Volcanic Rocks Are Pervasively Altered Solfatarically
ore_ctrl:	Disseminations Of Chalcopyrite, Bornite, And Molybdenite In Porous Fractured Intrusives, At Great Depths
Reporter:	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J., Rcs/Tad
hrock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Tertiary Volcanics, In Patagonia Mountains - Dominant Structural Features Are Major Nw-Trending High-Angle Faults. Includes Harshaw Creek Fault. Patagonia Fault Is A Major Ne-Trending Fault.
tectonic:	Red Mountain Fault Block; Downthrow To North
disc_yr:	1970
References:	Deposit:: USBM Files; Red Mountain Mine, Red Mountain Project. Deposit:: Unpublished Data, Earth Sciences, Inc. (Obtained By R.B. Hall, U.S. Geological Survey, 1975). Deposit:: Admr File Data, Red Mountain. Deposit:: Simons, Frank S., 1972, Mesozoic Stratigraphy Of The Patagonia Mountains And Adjoining Areas, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: USGS Professional Paper 658-E, P. 22. Deposit:: Schrader, Frank C., 1915, Mineral Deposits Of The Santa Rita And Patagonia Mountains, Arizona: USGS Bulletin 582. Deposit:: Drewes, Harald, 1971, Mesozoic Stratigraphy Of The Santa Rita Mountains, Southeast Of Tucson, Arizona: USGS Professional Paper 658-C, 81 P. Deposit:: Corn, R.M., 1975, Alteration-Mineratization Zoning, Red Mountain, Arizona: Economic Geology, Vol. 70, P. 1437-1447. Deposit:: Unpublished Data, 1979, Jan C. Wilt, U.S. Geological Survey. Deposit:: Abgmt Clippings File, Red Mountain Mining Co. Deposit:: Blm Mining District Sheet 721. Deposit:: Hall, R.B., 1978, World Nonbarite Aluminum Resources - Alunite: USGS Pp 1076-A, P. A14. Deposit:: Raup, R.B., (1975), Geologic Map Elgin Quad [In Progress]. Deposit:: Simons, F.S., 1974, Geologic Map And Sections Of The Nogales And Lochiel Quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: USGS Map I-762. Deposit:: Sawyer, M.B., Gurmendi, A.C., Daley, M.R., And Howell, S.B., 1992, Principal Deposits Of Strategic And Critical Minerals In Arizona: United States Bureau Of Mines Special Publication, 334 P. Deposit:: World Mng., Oct.,76 (Discovery Method) Deposit:: Skillings Mng. Review, 3-26-77 (Information) Deposit:: USGS Bulletin 582 (General Info) Deposit:: E/Mj Vol.178 No.3 P.253 General Info General:: Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34. Other Database:: Cimri Reserve-Resource:: Mines Magazine, 11-70 (Ore Grade And Thickness) Reserve-Resource:: Pay Dirt, March 24,75 (General Info) Reserve-Resource:: Pay Dirt, Sept.28,70 (Grade, Depth, Thickness) Reserve-Resource:: Tucson Daily Citizen, 2-22-75 (Tonnage)