Mine detail: Dos Pobres Mine

Previously called 'Los PobresSafford Phelps Dodge'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.96149, -109.67455

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR AND MASSIVE
Discovery year: 1957

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Au
Production size: None
Development status: Unknown

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Andesite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Nw Striking Butte Fault
Tectonic:Continental Magmatic Arc
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal, Oxidation

References

MRDSM001628
DEP10096999
Reference{Deposit:: GREELEY, 1978, AZ. DEPT. MIN. RES., SPEC. REPT. NO. 2.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, V. 29, NO. 4.}{Deposit:: DUNN, 1978, AZ. GEOL. SOC. DIGEST V. 11, P. 9-15.}{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:: ROBINSON, R.F. AND COOK, A.,1966, THE SAFFORD COPPER DEPOSIT, LONE STAR MINING DISTRICT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA, IN: GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS Southwestern North America, EDITED BY TITLEY, S.R AND HICKS, C.L. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, TUCSON, ARIZ., P. 251-266}{Geology:: Langton J M, Williams S A 1982 - Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining District, Graham County, Arizona: in Titley S R 1983 Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson pp 335-352}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: GREELEY, 1978, P. 86; KEITH, UNPUB. DATA ABM; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; (4,5) PHELPS DODGE 1992 FORM 10K; (6) PHELPS DODGE 1980 FORM 10K}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Long, Keith R.