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Vekol Hills

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Porphyry copper deposit in Arizona, United States

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 73
Alternate names Reward
Tract name Western Sierra Madre Occidental and Laramide Central (003pCu3007x)
Site status deposit

Geographic location

Country United States
State or province Arizona
Geographic location -112.059914464, 32.582201179
Geologic map unit -112.059914464, 32.582201179
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Minerals acanthite, anglesite, aurichalcite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, copper, dickite, dolomite, galena, jarosite, kaolinite, malachite, molybdenite, pyrargyrite, pyrite, pyrolusite, pyrrhotite, siderite, silver, smithsonite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, wulfenite
Associated rocks quartz feldspar porphyry, conglomerate, diabase, granite, limestone, quartzite, schist, shale, siltstone
Tectonic setting continental margin

Commodity and development information

Development status Past Producer
Major commodities Cu
Tonnage (Mt) 95Mt
Cu grade (%) 0.56%
Mo grade (%) 0.014%
Contained copper 530,000t
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Small underground Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn-Mo mine, closed 1965.
Study area name United States
References Steele (1978); Long (1995); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002)
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.
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.Steele, H.J., 1978, Vekol Hills copper deposit, in Jenney, J.P., and Hauck, H.R., eds, Porphyry Copper Symposium, Tucson, Ariz., March 18–20, 1976, Proceedings: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 11, p. 36. (Also available at http://www.arizonageologicalsoc.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1665440 and at http://archives.arizonageologicalsoc.org/digests/AGS_DIG11_S.PDF.)