| Deposit ID | 10037125 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030504 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Pine Flat Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Circle Park, Bucksight, Circle peak, Patented Claims M S 1950, Old Pine Flat Camp |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.33407, 34.36394 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | 2 MI E OF GOODWIN, SOUTH OF BIG BUG MESA, JUST W OF PINE CREEK. NORTH-CENTRAL BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Battle Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Prescott National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012N | 001W | 22,27 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Selenite | Gangue |
| Model code | 79 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
| Mark3 model number | 2 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||
| Rock type qualifier | Multi-phase calc-alkalic intrusions and diverse breccia bodies. Predominantly quartz latite porphyry with subordinate dacite porphyry, rhyodacite porphyry and monzonite porphyry. | ||
| Rock unit name | Pine Flat Intrusive Complex | ||
| Rock description | Pine Flat Intrusive Complex | ||
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock | ||
| Rock type qualifier | Orginally andesitic to rhyolitic pyroclastic flows, tuff and breccia metamorphosed to quartz-biotite schist, phyllite and augen gneiss | ||
| Rock unit name | Spud Mountain Formation-member of the Big Bug Group of the Yavapai Supergroup | ||
| Rock description | Spud Mountain Volcanics;Pine Flat Intrusive Complex | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock | ||
| Rock type qualifier | Greenschist-facies succession of schist, phyllite, gneiss, and breccia with minor quarztite, chert and hornfels. | ||
| Rock unit name | Yavapai Supergroup | ||
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| (1) | -112.33407, 34.36394 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Overturned Anticline; Foliation Of Volcanics Trends N28e, Dips 72nw; Siliceous Breccia Zones |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| District name | Turkey Creek District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Prescott National Forest |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 25000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ |
|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1995 |
| Reserves | 22500000mt ore |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 23000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030504 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250465 | DUP |
Spatz, D.M., 1995, Geology and zoning relationships at the Pine Flat porphyry copper deposit, Yavapai County, Arizona; in Pierce, F.W. and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 347-363.
Anderson, C.A. and Blacet, P.M., 1972, Precambrian geology of the northern Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 1336, 79 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STOCK IS 3/4 BY 1/2 MI. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030504 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Assiciated rocks include: alaskite, andesite, aplite, breccia, dacite porphyry, quartz monzonite porphyry;gneiss, schist. Minerals are: azurite/malachite, barite, biotite, bornite, carbonate, chalcocite/digenite, chalcopyrite, chlorite, cuprite/tenorite, epidote, galena, goethite/limonite, hematite/specularite, kaolinite, magnetite, molybdenite, montmorillonite, pyrite, sericite, |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 30-JUL-09 | Anderson, Claire | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 04-NOV-83 | ADMR | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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