Mine detail: Safford Mine

Previously called 'Dos Pobres MineSan Juan Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.9468, -109.6542

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Curite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form: Irregular and Massive

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Au
Development status: Producer
First production started: 2006

Geology

Host rock:San Juan Stock, Safford Meta-volcanics
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Andesite,Quartz Diorite

References

DEP10400314
Reference{Exploration:: Annual Review, 1996, Exploration overview, copper: Mining Engineering, May, p. 50.}{Geology:: Langton J M, Williams S A 1982 - Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star Mining District, Graham County, Arizona: in Titley S R 1983 Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson pp 335-352}{Geology:: Lowell, J.D., 1989, Gold mineralization in porphyry copper deposits discussed: Mining Engineering, v. 41, no. 4, p. 227?231.}{Geology:: Robinson, R.F., and Cook, A., 1966, The Safford copper deposit, Lone Star mining district, Graham County, Arizona, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press}{Geology:: Williams, S.A., and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 21?34.}
ReporterW. D. Heran