Mine detail: Copper Basin

Previously called 'Copper HillLoma PrietaCommercial'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.49172, -112.58408

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Azurite, Bornite, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: Pipe, Cylindrical or elliptical, Vertical
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911
Last production ended: 1961

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Metasedimentary Rock,Quartz Latite
Associated rock:Copper Basin Stock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Quartz Latite
Structure:Breccia Around Older Quartz Latite Porphyry, N10-20e Regional Fault
Alteration processes:Phyllic Core, Potassic, Propylitic, Silicic, Oxidation

References

MRDSW016056
DEP10072137
Reference{Deposit:: Christman, 1978, M.S. Thesis, Univ Of Az.}{Deposit:: Johnston, 1955, Ph.D Thesis, Univ Of Utah.}{Deposit:: Johnston And Lowell, 1961, Geology And Origin Of Mineralized Breccia Pipes In Copper Basin, Arizona: Econ Geol, V. 56, P. 916-940.}{Deposit:: Anderson, C.A., 1943, Report On A Brief Examination Of The Molybdenite Prospects At Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: Unpublished Report.}{Deposit:: Tovote, W., 1917, Loma Prieta Mines: Unpublished Report.}{Deposit:: Sawyer, M.B., Gurmendi, A.C., Daley, M.R., And Howell, S.B., 1992, Principal Deposits Of Strategic And Critical Minerals In Arizona: United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:: 1974 Phelps Dodge Annual Report}{Deposit:: Copper Basin Land Exchange Environ. Statement-Prescott N.F.}{Deposit:: Securities And Exchange Commission, Form 10-K, 1982, Phelps Dodge Corp., P.4.}{Deposit:: Dept. Of Min. Resources, State Of Az., Table Xxii, Proven Copper Reserves In Arizona, 1978.}{Deposit:: Sw Pay Dirt, 8-87, P.16a.}{Deposit:: Sw Pay Dirt, 12-90, P.7a.}{Other Database:: Cimri}{Reserve-Resource:: Jolly, J.L.W. and Edelstein, D.L., 1983, Copper; in Minerals Yearbook 1983, Volume 2, United States Bureau Of Mines, p. 277-319.}{Reserve-Resource:: Sawyer And Others, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: Phelps Dodge Corp., Sec Form 10-K Rept, 12/31/93, P. 14.}{Reserve-Resource:: Phelps Dodge Corp., 1994 10-K, P.14.}{Reserve-Resource:: Pay Dirt Mag. (Southwestern Ed.). Apr 1989, P. 7a.}{Reserve-Resource:: Phelps Dodge Corp. 1995 Annual Report, P.23.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J., Davis