Mine detail: Copper Prince Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.76232, -110.48596

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Tungsten, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Molybdenite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	FUNNEL, ELLIPTICAL PIPE
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Copper Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Nnw Trending Block Faulting, Breccia Pipe Bounded By Curved Peripheral Faults, Several Faults S Trike E-W, N70w, & N10w
Tectonic:	Basin & Range
Alteration processes:	Sericitization Of Plagioclase, Breccia Pipe Altered Orange Near Pe Riphery, White At Center

References

MRDS	M050127
DEP	10088596
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461}{Deposit:: WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378}{Deposit:: JORALEMON, 1952, ECON GEOL V. 47, NO. 3, P. 243-259}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.