The San Xavier Mine is a copper oxide and copper sulfide mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfide
Lat, Long: 32.0275, -111.08083
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San Xavier Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Xavier Mine
Secondary: San Xavier North
Commodity
Primary: Copper Oxide
Primary: Copper Sulfide
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1972
Time Period: 1967-1972
Material type: ORE, LEACH
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.76% Cu, 0.02 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Form: ENRICHMENT BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folding Of Sedimentary Rocks, San Xavier Fault Is Lower Boundary Of Mineralized Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Phyllic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PY:CPY RATIO 1:1 TO 1:3 IN ORE, 10:1 TO 3 :1 IN PYRITE ZONE
Analytical Data: 1-3% SULFIDES BY VOLUME
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CHALCOCITE BLANKET AVERAGES 0.6 TO 1.0% CU. OXIDE COPPER GRADE IS ABOUT 3.8% CU.
Comment (Development): DRILLING BEGAN IN 1957 AFTER COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO THE PAPAGO INDIANS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF CU-BEARING FLUX BEGAN IN 1968. COPPER OXIDE ORE PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1973.
Comment (Deposit): UNDER ALLUVIAL COVER
Comment (Workings): LARGE OPEN PIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050619 WITH RECORD M030538 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. SAN XAVIER IS NOW PART OF THE MISSION COMPLEX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): PAYDIRT - AUGUST 28, 1972; OCT 23, 1972; MARCH 26, 1973.
Reference (Deposit): E & MJ, MARCH, 1972.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 138.
Reference (Deposit): KING, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 101-102.
Reference (Deposit): GREELEY, 1978, ADMR SPEC REPT NO. 27.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974; KING, 1978
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GREELEY, 1978.
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