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Sierrita - Esperanza
Arizona, USA
Main commodities: Cu Mo




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1998.     Record last updated: 26/08/2013
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Sierrita pit

    Selected References
Haynes F M, Titley S R  1980 - The evolution of fracture-related permeability within the Ruby Star granodiorite, Sierrita porphyry copper deposit, Pima County, Arizona: in    Econ. Geol.   v75 pp 673-683
Lynch D W  1966 - The economic geology of the Esperanza Mine and vicinity: in Titley S R, Hicks C L 1966 Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson    pp 267-279
Preece R K, Beane R E  1982 - Contrasting evolutions of hydrothermal alteration in quartz monzonite and quartz diorite wall rocks at the Sierrita porphyry copper deposit, Arizona: in    Econ. Geol.   v77 pp1621-1641
Runyon, S.E., Nickerson, P.A., Seedorff, E., Barton, M.D., Mazdab, F.K., Lecumberri-Sanchez, P. and Steele-MacInnis, M.,  2019 - Sodic-Calcic Family of Alteration in Porphyry Systems of Arizona and Adjacent New Mexico: in    Econ. Geol.   v.114, pp. 745-770.
Stavast W J A, Butler R F, Seedorff E, Barton M D and Ferguson C A,  2008 - Tertiary Tilting and Dismemberment of the Laramide Arc and Related Hydrothermal Systems, Sierrita Mountains, Arizona: in    Econ. Geol.   v.103 pp. 629-636
Titley S R, Thompson R C, Haynes F M, Manske S L, Robison L C, White J L  1986 - Evolution of fractures and alteration in the Sierrita-Esperanza hydrothermal system, Pima County, Arizona: in    Econ. Geol.   v81 pp 343-370
West R J, Aiken D M  1982 - Geology of the Sierrita-Esperanza deposit, Pima mining district, Pima County, Arizona: in Titley S R 1983 Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson    pp 433-465


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