Alfonso Villey Mine

The Alfonso Villey Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,951 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

Name: Alfonso Villey Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.33556, -110.71083

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Alfonso Villey Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alfonso Villey Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Querces District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Villy, Alfonso
Years: 1915 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Quartz Monzonite Country Rock Is Cut In Region By Granite Porphyry, Diorite, And Aplitic Granite

Type: L
Description: Vein Contains Sesams Of Pyrite And Chalcopyrite Coated With Chalcocite And Covellite


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic Zone At Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Granite Porphyry


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS FOUND IN SMALL SEAMS. QUARTZ VEINS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Comment (Workings): VEIN OPENED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comment (Location): 1/4 MINE E-NE OF INTERNATIONAL-BOUNDARY POST 114 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)


References

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #5

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P. 347.


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