| Deposit ID | 10067172 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | U504079 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Mineral Butte Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.57988, 33.11398 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 457 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MI SW OF MINERAL BUTTE; 8 MI NW OF COOLIDGE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Blackwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 007E | 01 | NE4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| Rock type qualifier | Mostly porphyritic biotite granite with large microcline phenocrysts, with local fine-grained border phases and aplite | ||
| Rock unit name | Oracle Granite | ||
| Rock description | Oracle Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Rock type qualifier | dikes cutting the Oracle Granite |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| Rock type qualifier | sequence of coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist and some fine grained amphibole schist. | ||
| Rock unit name | Pinal Schist | ||
| Rock description | Pinal Schist | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| Rock type qualifier | stock of variable composition, mostly biotite quartz monzonite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.57988, 33.11398 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | NW striking faults and fractures |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Production years | 1920-1953 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 13200000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Long, 1995.\nSinger 2008, in PorCuEX2008.xls. | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | U504079 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210686 |
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: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68.
Chaffee, M.A., 1976, Geochemical exploration techniques based on distribution of selected elements in rocks, soils, and plants, Mineral Butte copper deposit, Pinal County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1278-D, 55 p.
BALLA, 1972, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.
ABGMT FILE DATA.
CIMRI
Wilson, E., 1969, Mineral deposits of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, Arizona Bur. Mines Bull. 179, 34p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | The Mineral Butte deposit is hosted in Precambrian granite at the contact with a small Upper Cretaceous biotite quartz monzonite stock. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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