Mine detail: Pinto Valley

Previously called 'Pinto Valley MineCastle Dome Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.41228, -110.9646

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Gemstone
Tertiary: Rhenium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Ore: Anglesite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Turquoise, Wavellite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: Massive
Other material: Azurite
Discovery year: 1881

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Granite

References

MRDSM002863
MAS40070010
DEP10258292
Reference{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT. OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. PRIMARY COPPER INDUSTRY OF ARIZONA SPECIAL REPORTS, NOS. 8-10 AND 13. (1983-1986 PRODUCTION)}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING. SEPTEMBER 1983, P. 68. (1979-1982 PRODUCTION)}{Deposit:: _____. AUGUST 1979, P. 57. (1975-1978 PRODUCTION)}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, CATALOG, SURVEY, AND DIRECTORY NUM-}{Deposit:: BURGIN, L.B.,1976, TIME REQUIRED IN DEVELOPING SELECTED ARIZ}{Deposit:: CITIES SERVICE 1981 ANNUAL REPORT, P.49.}{Deposit:: E/MJ 6/75 (MILL EQUIP LIST, REAGENT)}{Deposit:: E/MJ 7/75 (POWDER FACTOR, DRILLING, CUT-OFF GRADES)}{Deposit:: E/MJ 6/77 (TIRE LIFE, BUILDING SITES)}{Deposit:: E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING}{Deposit:: MIN ENG 6/75 (GEOL.,EXPLOR.,PREPROD.,CONC. GRADE,CONC. PROD,}{Deposit:: MIN MAG 11/75 (GEOL., EXPLOR., WATER SUPPLY)}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT 8/28/72 (MINING EQUIP.)}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT 6/75 (GEOL., PREPROD., DRILLING, MAINTENANCE)}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT 4/25/77 (CAPACITIES)}{Deposit:: PETERSON,N P, ET AL, 1951, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE}{Deposit:: SKILL 5/13/72 (CAPACITY, POWER)}{Deposit:: SKILL 4/28/73 (WATER SUPPLY)}{Deposit:: SKILL 1/4/75 (BUILDING SIZES)}{Deposit:: SKIL 7/15/75 (LANDS, PREPROD., MOLY CONC. GRADE, DRILLING,}{Deposit:: TRIP NOTES BY R BAER 10/20/77 (BLASTING, MINING, MINE EQUIP,}{Deposit:: WORLD MIN 9/75 (ENVIR.)}{Deposit:: MAGMA COPPER COMPANY, PINTO VALLEY DIVISION. PERSONAL COM-}{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. P. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. GLOBE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP),}{Deposit:: _____. INSPIRATION QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), ARIZONA.}{Deposit:: _____. MESA QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), ARIZONA. 1 DEG.}{Deposit:: ZABURUNOV, STEVEN A., MAGMA INDEPENDENCE: OLD RESOURCES, NEW}{Deposit:: EPLER, BILL, PINTO VALLEY CLAIMS LARGEST- 25,000 GALLONS-}{Deposit:: MAGMA COPPER CO., MAGMA UPDATE, 7/91, P.7.}{Deposit:: SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, MILL RECOVERIES AND EFFICIENCIES}{Deposit:: MAGMA COPPER CO., PINTO VALLEY DIV., COMPANY HANDOUT, DATE ?}{Deposit:: ENVIROMET, CORPORATE PROFILE: MAGMA COPPER CO., 10/94, P.8.}{Deposit:: PIO, JOHN, PINTO VALLEY SETS 9 PRODUCTION AND COST RECORDS}{Deposit:: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: USGS PP 342, P. 88.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, N.P., GILBERT, C.M., AND QUICK, G.L., 1951, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CASTLE DOME AREA, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL 971, 134 P.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, ET AL, 1946, ECON GEOL V. 41, P. 820-840.}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BARN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: AZ DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359-364.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Ownership:: NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, 1983, NEWS RELEASE DATED MARCH}{Ownership:: WORLD MINING, 1983, NEWMONT BUYS MIAMI OPERATIONS, JANUARY}{Production:: PETERSON, 1962; ABM FILE DATA; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: MAGMA COPPER CO. SEC FORM 10-K REPT. 12/31/92, P.18.}{Reserve-Resource:: MAGMA COPPER CO., 1992 10K, P.18.}{Reserve-Resource:: MAGMA COPPER CO., 1994 10-K, P.19,20.}{Reserve-Resource:: MAGMA COPPER CO., 1993 10-K, P.17,18.}{Workings:: BANNING,W.R., 1983, METALLURGICAL SUPERINTENDENT WITH PINTO}{Workings:: BROWN,C.T., 1983, VICE PRESIDENT, METALS WITH PINTO VALLEY}{Workings:: KENNEDY,A.D., 1983, MANAGER TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH PINTO}
ReporterWard, Doug, Orris, Greta J., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Peterson, Jocelyn A., Anderson, Claire