The Alvarez Claims is a stone, iron, and copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,044 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,044 Feet (623 Meters)
Commodity: Stone, Iron, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.0356, -111.21560
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Alvarez Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alvarez Claims
Secondary: Munsey Property
Secondary: Ben Alverez Group
Secondary: Red Hills Property
Secondary: Arizona Cons Au and Ag Property
Secondary: Arizona Copper Group
Secondary: Red Hills
Secondary: Mesa West
Commodity
Primary: Stone
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Bell Western
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1973
Owner Name: Red Hills Mining Co.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Jess Bird
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1964
Owner Name: Frank Alverez
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1964
Owner Name: Ben Alverez
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1964
Owner Name: Murrell Smith
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: potassic alteration
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sericite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Exploration at Red Hills prior to 2007 indicates 500 million tons at 0.1 % Cu (oxides) in a rotated deposit. (AZ Dept Mines, 2007)
References
Reference (Deposit): Admr Alvarez Claims File
Reference (Deposit): Admr U File
Reference (Deposit): Claims Extend Into Sec.32 And 34
Reference (Deposit): USGS Worth Butte Quad
Reference (Deposit): Admr Arizona Copper Group File
Reference (Deposit): Admr Ariz.Cons.Au And Cu Mine File
Reference (Geology): Bell Copper News "Bell introduces new porphyry copper project in Arizona": Press release August 8, 2007. Contains a description of the geology, possibly copied from Williams and Forrester, 1995. Accessed 29-JUL-2009. http://www.bellcopper.net/s/News_Releases.asp?ReportID=300697
URL: http://www.bellcopper.net/s/News_Releases.asp?ReportID=300697
Reference (Deposit): Singer and others, 2008
Reference (Deposit): Engineering And Mining Journal Vol.172,No.2,Feb.1971,P132
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Williams and Forrester, 1995
Reference (Deposit): Arizona Depeartment of Mines and Mineral Resources. Arizona Mining Update-2007. Accessed 30-JUL-2009. www.mines.az.gov
Pages: 5
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Williams, S.A. and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits; in Pierce, F. W. and Bolm, J. G., eds., Porphyry Copper Deposits of the American Cordillera, Arizona Geological Society, Digest 20, p. 21-34.
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