Copper King

United States· ArizonaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.11%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1880

Overview

Massive, discontinuous lenses, down to 30 m depth. Surface gossans. Island arc tholeiitic. Bimodal volcanic sequence reported but not evident.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1917

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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