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Interstate 10 prospect (I-10 prospect), Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 32°5'24"N
Longitude: 110°1'48"W
‡Ref.: Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 5 (Table 1).

Phillips, K.A., and Niemuth, N.J. (1993) The Primary Copper Industry of Arizona in 1991: Phoenix, Arizona, Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Special Report No. 18, 53 pp.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10048777, MRDS ID #MP90000; and, Dep. ID #10161487, MAS ID #0040030771.

A porphyry Cu occurrence along I-10 in the SW¼ sec. 31, .15S., R.23E. (Dragoon 7.5 minute topo map). NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 32.0833N, 110.0417W.

Mineralization is a porphyry copper deposit with ore bound within the strata. Mineralization includes oxidized copper minerals.

Local structures include N- to NW-trending faults and isolated ranges. Silicic to basaltic volcanic rocks; igneous intrusives. Tectonic features include a back-arc, extensional cratonic basin.

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