Mine detail: Pima

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 31.98872, -111.07259

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum, Silver
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1957

Geology

References

MRDSM050388
MAS40190006
DEP10113722
Reference{Deposit:: HEINRICHS, W.E., JR., PIMA DISTRICT, ARIZONA, A HISTORICAL}{Deposit:: AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, AIME 105TH ANNUAL MEETING, LAS}{Deposit:: VEGAS, NEVADA, FEBRUARY, 1976, 15 PP.}{Deposit:: HEINRICHS, W.E., JR., AND R.C. THURMOND, A CASE HISTORY OF}{Deposit:: THE GEOPHYSICAL DISCOVERY OF THE PIMA MINE, PIMA COUNTY,}{Deposit:: ARIZONA, GEOPHYSICS, V. 19, NO. 3, JULY, 1954, PP. 600-12.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, USE OF GEOPHYSICS PAYS OFF AT PIMA WITH DIS-}{Deposit:: CLOSURE OF COPPER OREBODY, OCTOBER, 1954, PP. 42-5.}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT, PIMA MIN* INCREASED PRODUCTION ON STREAM,}{Deposit:: JANUARY 29, 1973, PP. 1,3.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS, DAVID N., JR., PIMA MINING COMPANY, SKILLINGS}{Deposit:: MINING REVIEW, V. 61, NO. 12, MARCH 18, 1972, PP. 16-9.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT AT PIMA}{Deposit:: COPPER MINE, V. 62, NO. 37, SEPT. 15, 1973, PP. 1, 8-10.}{Deposit:: MILLING}{Deposit:: BASSAREAR, J.H., AND H.W. SORSTOKKE, PIMA EXPANSION FOUR}{Deposit:: USES SEMIAUTOGENOUS GRIND, AIME TRANS., V. 254,}{Deposit:: DECEMBER, 1963, PP. 297-300; MINING ENGR., MAY, 1973,}{Deposit:: PP. 37-9.}{Deposit:: COBURN, JAMES, ET.AL., CYPRUS PIMA MINING COMPANY, PRES.}{Deposit:: AT ARIZONA AIME SPRING MEETING, MINERAL PROCESSING DIV.,}{Deposit:: TUCSON, ARIZONA, MAY 17, 1974, 29 PP.}{Deposit:: DAYTON, STAN, THE QUIET REVOLUTION IN THE WIDE WORLD OF}{Deposit:: MINERAL PROCESSING, E & MJ, JUNE, 1975, PP. 87-8.}{Deposit:: ENGR. AND MIN. JOURNAL, E & MJ FLOWSHEET PORTFOLIO, JUNE,}{Geology:: GEOLOGY AND HISTORY}{Geology:: COOPER, J.R., SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING}{Geology:: DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1112-C,}{Geology:: 1960, 103 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MIN. J., JUNE, 1977, P. 104.}{Reserve-Resource:: RESERVES AND QUANTITY}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, LARGE TRUCK FLEET AT PIMA}{Reserve-Resource:: MAKES LONG STEEP HAUL, JUNE, 1977, PP. 104-105.}{Reserve-Resource:: STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) 1982 ANNUAL REPORT, 1983,}{Reserve-Resource:: P 34.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. LARGE TRUCK FLEET AT PIMA}{Reserve-Resource:: MAKES LONG STEEP HAUL, JUNE 1977, PP. 104-105.}
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