Iron Cap Mine (Iron Cap property), Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

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A Cu-Ag-Au prospect/mine located in the N½ sec. 21, T1S, R12E, (Picketpost Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about 2¾ miles NW of Superior. This property may overlap the Prudential group claims

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

NOTE: The coordinates provided in the MRDS file are in obvious error. The value presented for the longitude places the property N of Queen valley, near Florence Junction. The adjusted value is approximate based on the information regarding this property's proximity to the Prudential group.

References

Ransome, F.L. (1919), The copper deposits of Ray and Miami, Arizona, USGS PP 115.

Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 153: 23.

Schwartz, G.M. (1947), Hydrothermal alteration in the 'porphyry copper' deposits, Economic Geology: 42: 319-352.

Clarke, O.M. (1953), Geochemical prospecting for copper at Ray, Arizona, Economic Geology: 48: 39-45.

Rose, A.W. (1970), Zonal relations of wallrock alteration and sulfide distribution at porphyry copper deposits, Economic Geology: 65: 920-936.

Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 14 (Table 1).

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 341.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Iron Cap Property file.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10113263, MAS ID #0040210554.

Mineral List

Pyrite

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.