Mine detail: Mineral Butte Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 33.11398, -111.57988

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Chrysocolla

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
Production years: 1920-1953

Geology

Host rock:Oracle Granite, Pinal Schist
Host type:Granite,Schist
Associated type:Diabase,Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSU504079
DEP10067172
Reference{Deposit:: Chaffee, M.A., 1976, Geochemical exploration techniques based on distribution of selected elements in rocks, soils, and plants, Mineral Butte copper deposit, Pinal County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1278-D, 55 p.}{Deposit:: BALLA, 1972, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: Wilson, E., 1969, Mineral deposits of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, Arizona Bur. Mines Bull. 179, 34p.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.