Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups

The Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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

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Site Name

Primary: Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Structure: W to NW-trending fault

Type: L
Structure: NE-trending vertical fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Description: porphyritic quartz-monzonite (adamellite), granodiorite, quartz-monzonite, and granite porphyry.
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist, and fine grained amphibole schist.
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Identification): *****SEE Related Deposits- Cyprus Miami, Deposit ID 10186051 Ray Mine, Deposit ID 10210616 Gibson Mine, Deposit ID 10104088

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68.

Reference (Geology): The Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups geology is similar to Portergeo Miami Inspiration deposit and the Globe Miami district. 7/27/2010 http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.asp
URL: http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.asp

Reference (Geology): Olmstead, H.W., and Johnson, D.W., 1966, Inspiration geology, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 143?150.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR LONESOME PINE GROUP AND ESTHER GROUP FILE

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