| Deposit ID | 10039685 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050651 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oxide Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Oxide Open Pit Mine, Young American, Young America, Silver Bell |
| Related records | 10259081 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.50264, 32.39705 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 850 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012S | 008E | 10,11 | NE4 (10); NW4 (11) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Parallel Faults Cutting Across Major Wnw Fault Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 640.08M |
| Width | 457.2M |
| Depth to top | 30.48M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Silver Bell District |
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| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1880'S-1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^11% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050651 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030548 |
RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS
KERR, 1951, GSA BULL V 62 P 451-480
HARDWICK, 1963, USBM IC 8153
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 143
GALEY, 1979, SOC ECON GEOL, PORPHYRY CU FIELD CONF, 18 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN THIN QUARTZ SULFIDE VEINLETS THAT FORM A DISSEMANATED DEPO SIT IN AGGREGATE. LARGE SIZE REFERS TO SILVER BELL PROPERTY; PRODUCTIO N OF OXIDE MINE PRIOR TO 1918 WAS SMALL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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