The Superior East is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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Superior East MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Superior East
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1972
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Form: Irregular
Structure
Type: L
Structure: basin and range fault down dropped into a basin/graben
Type: R
Structure: major north-west trending structural zone
Type: R
Structure: prominent ENE trending structural zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: ARGILLIC
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SERICITIC
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Description: porphyritic quartz-monzonite (adamellite), granodiorite, quartz-monzonite, and granite porphyry.
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: sequence of coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist and some fine grained amphibole schist.
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (General): Seedorff, E., Barton, M. , Stavast, W. and Maher D., 2008, Root Zones of Porphyry Systems: Extending the Porphyry Model to Depth: Econ. Geol. Vol 103 no, 5 p. 939-956
Reference (Geology): Peterson, N P, 1962, Geology and Ore Deposits Of The Globe-Miami district, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 342, 151 p.
Reference (Geology): Maher, D.J., Stavast, W.J.A., Barton, M.D., and Seedorff, E., 2005, A view of the roots of a productive Laramide porphyry copper system exposed in the Globe-Miami district, Arizona [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 164
Reference (General): Hammer and Peterson, 1968 Breitrick and Lenzi, 1987 Stavast, 2006
Reference (Deposit): Sell, J.D., 1995, Discovery of a deep (3500 feet) unexposed porphyry copper deposit at Superior East, Pinal County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 373?395
Reference (Deposit): Manske, S. and Paul, A.H., 2002, Geology of a major new porphyry copper center in the Superior (Pioneer) district, Arizona: Economic Geology, v. 97, p. 197?220.
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