Mine detail: Sierrita

Previously called 'Twin ButtesDuval Sierrita Corp.'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.87152, -111.14879

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Rhenium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Molybdenite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tennantite
Gangue: Fluorite
Orebody form: V-shaped
Other material: Gold, Silver
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1970

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Quartz Latite
Associated rock:Ruby Star Quartz Monzonite Porphyry;Harris Ranch Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSM050531
MAS40190004
DEP10137918
Reference{Deposit:: Co Prospectus 1970 (Tons and Grade- Cu and Mo).}{Deposit:: E and M J 8/70 (Mill Rcvry).}{Deposit:: Emj June 75 Pg 98 (Good) Emj Mine Directory 1975 (Good)}{Deposit:: Emj August 70 Pg 70 Flot Mill-Feed Cap 85000 T}{Deposit:: Arizona Pay Dirt. Pennzoil Pushing Duval Asset Sale. December 1984, Pp. 8a-9a.}{Deposit:: Cyprus Minerals Company. 1986 Form 10-K Report, P.1, 3-7.}{Deposit:: Cyprus Minerals Company. 1987 Annual Report}{Deposit:: Cyprus Minerals Company. Press Release, Feb. 18, 1986.}{Deposit:: Rocky Mountain Pay Dirt. April 1986, P. 22a.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Pay Dirt. March 1986, P. 4a-5a.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Pay Dirt. April 1986, P. 8a-10a.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Pay Dirt. July 1986, P. 18a-19a.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Pay Dirt. November 1986, P. 10a-11a.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Pay Dirt. August 1987, P. 18a-19a.}{Deposit:: *eil, Thomas J., Cyprus Sierrita Explains Effort To Control Tailings Dust, Southwestern Pay Dirt, 10/90, P.10a,11a.}{Deposit:: Southwestern Pay Dirt, 1/91, P.12a.}{Deposit:: Epler, Bill, Power Rates Lead Cyprus Sierrita To Consider Its Own Plant, Southwestern Pay Dirt, 1/91, P.7a.}{Deposit:: Epler, Bill, Cyprus Sierrita Gets Lower Power Rate From Tucson Electric, Southwestern Pay Dirt, 4/91, P.24a.}{Deposit:: Mining Magazine, 7/91, P.5.}{Deposit:: Dillard, Gary, Cyprus Cuts 220 At Sierrita In Fight To Reduce Unit Costs, Southwestern Pay Dirt, 8/93, P.12a.}{Deposit:: Dillard, Gary, Benefits Starting From $350 Million Program, Southwestern Pay Dirt, 9/93, P.4a,5a.}{Deposit:: Cyprus Amax Minerals Co., News Release, 12/31/93, 1pp.}{Deposit:: Hill, Leonard N., Installing Cyclones On The Primary Grinding Circuit At Cyprus Sierrita, Mining Engineering, 9/94, P.1057-1060.}{Deposit:: Aiken and West, 1978, Az Geol Soc Digest Vii, P. 117-128.}{Deposit:: Keith, 1974, Abm Bull 189, P. 138.}{Deposit:: Lynch, 1966, In Titley and Hicks, Univ Of Az Press.}{Deposit:: Greeley, 1978, Admr Spec Rept No 2.}{Deposit:: Engineering And Mining Journal, October, 1987, P. 12.}{Deposit:: Sawyer, M.B., Gurmendi, A.C., Daley, M.R., And Howell, S.B., 1992, Principal Deposits Of Strategic And Critical Minerals In Arizona: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Special Publication, 334 P.}{Geology:: Titley, Spencer R., Some Features Of Tectonic History And Ore Genesis In The Pima Mining District, In Advances In Geology Of The Porphyry Copper Deposits- Southwestern North America, 1992, University Of Arizona Press, P.387-406.}{Geology:: Barter, Charles F. And James L. Kelly, Geology Of The Twin Buttes Mineral Deposit, In Advances In Geology Of The Porphyry Copper Deposits- Southwestern North America, 1982, University Of Arizona Press, P.407-432.}{Geology:: West, Richard J. And Daniel M. Aiken, Geology Of The Sierrita- Esperanza Deposit, In Advances In Geology Of The 1982, University Of Arizona Press, P.433-465.}{Geology:: Porter, T.M., 1998, An overview of the Worl* porphyry and other hydrothermal copper & gold deposits and their distribution; in Porter, T. M., ed., Porphyry and Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits: a global perspective, PACRIM*8 Conference Proceedings, Australian Mineral Foundation, p. 3-17.}{Geology:: Ruiz, J. and Mathur, R., 1999, Metallogenesis in continental margins: Re-Os evidence from porphyry copper deposits in Chile; in Lambert, D.D. and Ruiz, J., eds., Application of Radiogenic Isotopes to Ore Deposit Research and Exploration, Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 12, p. 59-72.}{Geology:: Jensen, P.W., 1998, A structural and geochemical study of the Sierrita porphyry copper system, Pima County, Arizona; unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, 136 p.}{Geology:: McCandless, T.E. and Ruiz, J., 1993, Rhenium-osmium evidence for regional mineralization in southwestern North America; Science, v. 261, p. 1282-1286.}{Other Database:: Cimri}{Production:: Nickel News. Issue 32/52. 8/6/97. P.12.}{Production:: Aiken and West, 1978; Sawyer And Others, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10k For Pennzoil Company For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1981.}{Reserve-Resource:: Cyprus-Amax Minerals Co., Sec Form 10-K Rept, 12/31/93, P.7.}{Reserve-Resource:: Cyprus Amax Minerals Co., 1994 Form 10-K, P.2.}{Reserve-Resource:: Cyprus Minerals Company 1987 Form 10-K Report, Page 3.}{Reserve-Resource:: Cyprus Amax Minerals Company 1995 10-K, P.2-4.}{Reserve-Resource:: Greeley, 1978; Sawyer And Others, 1992.}
ReporterKreidler, Terry J., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Berger, Mary A., Orris, Greta J.