Bruce

United States· ArizonaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
3.60%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1882

Overview

Massive tabular bodies. Minor Cu-rich stringer in footwall. Remobilization. Overturned homoclinal sequence. Surface gossan at Old Dick. Island arc tholeiitic. Bimodal volcanic sequence reported but not evident.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1943

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS