Mine detail: Copper World

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.90975, -113.92162

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound Exhalative
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Yavapai Series
Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Two Periods Of Folding; The Latest Period Characterized By Isoclinal Folding By Passive Slip Deformation
Tectonic:	Back-Arc Extensional Cratonic Basin
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermally Altered Footwall Zones (Chloritic Core, Sericitic Outer Zones); Cordierite, Anthophyllite, Almandine Garnet, Magnetite, And Biotite

References

MRDS	MP90001
DEP	10098710
Reference	{Deposit:: STENSRUD, H.L., AND MORE, S. W., 1980, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE WEST-CENTRAL HAULAPAI MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA--A PRELIMINARY REPORT: ARIZONA GEOL. SOC. DIGEST, V. 12, P. 155-165.}{Deposit:: DONNELLY, M.E., AND CONWAY, C.M., 1988, METALLOGENIC MAP OF VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE-SULFIDE OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1853-B, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: MORE, S. W., 1980, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ANTLER MINE AND VICINITY, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS, TUCSON, UNIV. OF ARIZONA, 149 P}{Production:: DONNELY, 1988}
Reporter	Sachiko Tanikawa