Alvarez Claims

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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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: Alvarez Claims  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

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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