Mine detail: Copperstone

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.87366, -114.29079

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Barium-Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Amethyst, Barite, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Magnetite, Malachite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1979

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1987

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Quartz Latite,Basalt
Structure:Moon Mountains Detachment Fault, Probable Fault Separating Jurassic Metamorphosed Volcanic Rocks And Overlying Sedimentary Breccias Derived From Them.
Alteration processes:Sericitization, Some Chloritization

References

MRDSTC00084
DEP10056413
Reference{Deposit:: WALENGA, KAREN, 1987, NEW OPERATION TO DOUBLE ARIZONA GOLD PRODUCTION: SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, NO. 581, P. 4A-5A.}{Deposit:: WALENGA, KAREN, 1988, CYPRUS STARTS WORK ON UNDERGROUND MINE AT COPPERSTONE: SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, NO. 592, P. 5A.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, J.E., DUNCAN, J.T., AND BURTON, W.D., 1988, THE COPPERSTONE MINE: ARIZON* NEW GOLD PRODUCER: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY FIELDNOTES, V. 18, NO. 2, P. 1-3.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, E.K., AND DUPREE, J.A., 1993, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF BULK MINABLE GOLD DEPOSITS, COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA, IN MANYDEEDS, S.A., AND SMITH, B.D., EDS., MINERAL FRONTIERS ON INDIAN LANDS: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS DIVISION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, P. 35-42.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: MINERAL TODAY, 1/90, P. 26.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: WALENGA, 1987, P. 4A; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; MINERAL TODAY, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: WALENGA, 1988, P. 5A; NIEMUTH, 1987.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Berger, Mary A., Orris, Greta J.