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
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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