Mine detail: Van Dyke

Previously called 'Oxymi* Van Dyke Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.39178, -110.87569

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver
Ore: Azurite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Tenorite
Gangue: Fluorite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Leach
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1929-1989
First production started: 1928

Geology

Host rock:Schultze Granite, Pinal Schist
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Schist

References

MRDSM003083
MAS40070128
DEP10282908
Reference{Deposit:: PETERSON, N.P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 137 .}{Deposit:: OXYMIN DETAILS PLANS FOR IN SITU LEACH PROJECT IN ARIZONA, MINING ENGINEERS, V 29, NO 4, NOV. 1977, P. 13-16.}{Deposit:: OXYMI* IN-SITU COPPER LEACHING PROJECT AT MIAMI, ARIZ,SKILLING MINING REVIEW, V 66, NO. 52, DEC. 24, 1977}{Deposit:: OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORP STARTS PHASE TWO OF TESTING, MINING RECORD, NOV 30 1977}{Deposit:: OCCIDENTAL MINERALS PLANS TO PUSH AHEAD ON MIAMI IN-SITU LEACHING PROJECT, ARIZONA PAY DIRT OCT 1977 P. 6-8.}{Deposit:: SW PAY DIRT, 11-89, P.18A.}{Deposit:: SKILLING*MINING REVIEW, 6-30-90, P.8.}{Deposit:: SW PAY DIRT, 7-90, P.3A.}{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, 7-2-90, P.21.}{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, 1-14-91, P.6.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2-92, P.C8.}{Deposit:: SW PAY DIRT, 9-94, P.17A.}{Deposit:: SW PAY DIRT, 7-95, P.3A.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, V106 N28, 7-12-95, P.15.}{Geology:: Olmstead, H.W., and Johnson, D.W., 1966, Inspiration geology, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 143?150.}{Reserve-Resource:: NEW MEXICO PAY DIRT. COSTLY DELAYS LEAD OCCIDENTAL MINERALS TO KILL MIAMI IN SITU LEACHING PLAN. NOVEMBER 1980, P.55.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENG. & MIN. J. FEB 1992, P. C9.}{Reserve-Resource:: ARIMETCO INTERNATIONAL INC., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 9.}{Reserve-Resource:: ARIMETCO INTERNATIONAL INC. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.10.}
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