The Busterville Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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Busterville Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Busterville Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillitic; Chalcopyrite Gossan
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 4 PITS AND TUNNEL OVER 80M
Comment (Deposit): DIP OF SHEAR ZONE APPEARS TO BECOME SHALLOWER IMMEDIATELY BELOW SURFACE. QUARTZ VEINING WITH LIMONITE, CU SILICATES, MALACHITE AND SOME RELICT CHALCOPYRITE. ALSO SOME CU SILICATES ON FRACTURES. QUARTZ VEINS TO SEVERAL CM. SOME LATE CALCITE VEINING. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): ANDESITE IS FINE-GRAINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R.P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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