Oxide Mine

The Oxide Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,789 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Oxide Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

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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