The Spike-E Hills Prospect is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Spike-E Hills Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spike-E Hills Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Dos Cabezas And Chiricahua Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritized
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): KEITH, S. B., AND WILT, J. C., 1978, LAND OF COCHISE: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 29TH FIELD CONFERENCE, GUIDEBOOK, P. 121.
Comment (Commodity): RESOURCES ESTIMATED AT 228,000 METRIC TONS CU
Comment (Development): EXTENSIVELY DRILLED IN 1970'S BY CONOCO
Comment (Deposit): PYRITIZED PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST EXPOSED IN SPIKE-E HILLS. A PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT MAY BE PRESENT IN EXTENSION OF SULFIDE SYSTEM BENEATH BASIN-FILL SEDIMENTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., AND WILT, J. C., 1978, LAND OF COCHISE: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 29TH FIELD CONFERENCE, GUIDEBOOK, P. 121.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1978-1979.
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