Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups
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Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Porphyry Cu
- Host rock
- Schultze Granite — Quartz Monzonite, Schist
- Deposit model
- 53: Porphyry Cu
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface-Underground
Records and references
ADMR LONESOME PINE GROUP AND ESTHER GROUP FILEOlmstead, H.W., and Johnson, D.W., 1966, Inspiration geology, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 143?150.The Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups geology is similar to Portergeo Miami Inspiration deposit and the Globe Miami district. 7/27/2010 http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.aspLong, 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.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10209824 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 33.34178, -110.90349
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