Mine detail: Casa Grande Santa Cruz

Previously called 'Casa Grande West'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.89319, -111.88212

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Other material: Covellite
Discovery year: 1976

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSTC35431
MAS40210076
DEP10234953
Reference{Deposit:: THE GETTY OIL COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT OF 1978.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. IN SITU COPPER MINING TESTS IN U.S.A.}{Deposit:: DEC. 1988. P. 460.}{Deposit:: AHLNESS., MILLENACKER. BUREAU OF MINES INVESTIGATES IN SUTU}{Deposit:: COPPER MINING. FEB., MARCH. 1989. PP. 9-15.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD. ASARCO TAKES LEGAL ACTION IN MINING}{Deposit:: RESEARCH VENTURE. MACH 21, 1990. P. 3.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, DRAFT MINE DESIGN. SEPT. 29, 1989.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING. IN SITU COPPER MINING AT SANTA CRUZ:}{Deposit:: A PROJECT UPDATE. AUGUST 1991. PP. 1031-1034.}{Deposit:: A MINING RESEARCH CONTRACT REPORT. GENERIC IN SITU COPPER}{Deposit:: MINE DESIGN MANUAL. VOLUME 111, LAKESHORE FIELD}{Deposit:: EXPERIMENT AND DESIGN OF COMMERCIAL SCALE OPERATION.}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR. APRIL 1988.}{Deposit:: PAY DIRT. SANTA CRUZ IN SITU COPPER LEACHING RESEARCH}{Deposit:: LOOKING GOOD. FEB. 1992. P. 3B.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN MINING MANUAL. COPPER PROJECT GETS GREEN LIGHT.}{Deposit:: 1994. P. 7}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. ARIZ. IN SITU MINING RESEARCH}{Deposit:: PROJECT PROCEEDS. NOV. 26, 1994. P.15.}{Deposit:: SOUTHWESERN PAY DIRT. INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT PROJECT HAS BIG}{Deposit:: POTENTIAL. FEB., 1995. PP.4A-9A.}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD. PILOT-SCALE TEST BEGINS AT SANTA CRUZ}{Deposit:: IN-SITU PROJECT. V.107/N8 FEB. 21, 1996. P. 4.}{Reserve-Resource:: AMCJ, 2/89, P. 16; DAHL, LINDA J., SUMMARY RPT.-CASA GRANDE}{Reserve-Resource:: USMB.}
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