The Oxide Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,789 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,789 Feet (850 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.39694, -111.50194
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Oxide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oxide Mine
Secondary: Oxide Open Pit Mine
Secondary: Young American
Secondary: Young America
Secondary: Silver Bell
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1880'S-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^11% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Parallel Faults Cutting Across Major Wnw Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Garnetized Limestone
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (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
Comment (Identification): *****SEE Silver Bell Deposit ID 10161929 for more info
Comment (Commodity): CHALCOCITE BLANKET FORMED BY 2-3 FOLD ENRICHMENT OF PROTORE. TYPIC AL ORE IS ALTERED ROCK & SULFIDES IN A 10:2 RATIO
Comment (Geology): CU DOES NOT OCCUR IN DACITE PORPHYRY WHERE FRACTURES ARE NOT PARAL LEL
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, TUNNEL, AND SOME OPEN PITS SINCE 1880'S
Comment (Production): SEE SILVER BELL MINE RECORD (D002948) FOR OPEN PIT PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): GALEY, 1979, SOC ECON GEOL, PORPHYRY CU FIELD CONF, 18 P.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 143
Reference (Deposit): HARDWICK, 1963, USBM IC 8153
Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1951, GSA BULL V 62 P 451-480
Reference (Deposit): RICHARD & COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS
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