Mine detail: Sacaton

Previously called 'AsarcoCasa Grande Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.95589, -111.81382

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Antlerite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Gold
Orebody form: Massive Tabular to Irregular
Other material: Azurite
Discovery year: 1961

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Au
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1974
Last production ended: 1984

Geology

Host rock:Pinal Schist; Oracle Granite; Three Peaks Monzonite Porphyry; Sacaton Granite
Host type:Schist

References

MRDSM050669
MAS40210005
DEP10283179
Reference{Deposit:: Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 35-68.}{Deposit:: Asarco Annual Reports, 1973 (P. 4), 1974 (Pp. 4-5, 18), And 1976 (Pp. 9, 18).}{Deposit:: Asarc* New 40 Million Dollar Sacaton Unit Dedicated Today. Pay Dirt Mag., March 25, 1974, Pp. 1, 3-22.}{Deposit:: Asarc* New Sacaton Unit To Go On Stream Early Next Year. Pay Dirt Mag., Nov. 26, 1973, Pp. 1, 3, 4.}{Deposit:: Calahan, G. Edward (Sacaton Mine Superintendent) And Jim Harasha (Sacaton Chief Mine Engineer), Personal Commuication, 1977, Comments On File At USBM, IFOC, Bldg. 20, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Co. 80225.}{Deposit:: New Arizona Copper Mine For Asarco, Mining Mag., Aug., 1974, P. 79.}{Deposit:: Sacaton-Asarc* New Copper Mine In Arizona, Mining Mag., Feb., 1975, Pp. 90-7.}{Deposit:: Sacaton-How Asarco Discovered And Developed Its Newest Copper Mine, World Mining, Dec., 1975, Pp. 38-41.}{Deposit:: Sacaton Works Pit While Preparing To Go Underground, Engr. And Min. J., June, 1977, Pp. 105-6.}{Deposit:: Skillings, David N., Jr., Sacaton Porphyry Copper Project Of Asarco In Southern Arizona, Skillings Min. Review, Feb. 24, 1973, Pp. 1, 10-12.}{Deposit:: Cummings, R.B., 1982, Geology of the Sacaton porphyry copper deposit, Pinal County, Arizona; in Titley, S. R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 507-521.}{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.}{Deposit:: Cook S S and Porter T M, 2005 - The Geologic History of Oxidation and Supergene Enrichment in the Porphyry Copper Deposits of Southwestern North America, in Porter T M, (Ed), Super Porphyry Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective, v1 pp 207-242}{Reserve-Resource:: Reserve References - Asarco Form 10-K, 1979.}{Reserve-Resource:: Asarco 1979 SEC Form 10K}{Reserve-Resource:: Keith and others, 1983}{Reserve-Resource:: Asarco 1982-84 SEC Form 10K}{Reserve-Resource:: Pcia 1982-84}
ReporterHite, Alan G., Anderson, Claire, Orris, Greta J., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Peterson, Jocelyn A.