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Copper Springs, Arizona
| Target Commodity: |  | Cu(-Mo) |
| Partnership Status: | | Geo Minerals lease/option agreement |
| Land Position: | | 5,056 acres; 216 U.S. unpatented lode mining claims and one Arizona Mineral Exploration Permit |
| Property Location: | | Globe-Miami mining district; Gila County, Arizona, northeast of Pinal Mountains |
- Supergene and hypogene porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralization targets in south-central portion of world-class (production and resources of ~16 Mt copper) multi-porphyry-center Globe-Miami mining district
- Tertiary faults have dramatically dismembered and extended district --- a cluster of large porphyry Cu(-Mo) systems centered on a Laramide-age granitic pluton
- Fault-bound deposit pieces include: Pinto Valley, Cactus-Carlotta, Copper Cities, Miami-Inspiration, and Old Dominion (BHP, Quadra, Freeport-McMoRan, others)
- Approximately 60% of district remains covered by post-mineral sedimentary and volcanic rocks
- Multi-year district-scale structural reconstruction by BCE geologists has resulted in new understanding of district's mineralizing systems, structure, and the location of several yet-undiscovered portions of the porphyry centers hidden beneath post-mineral cover rocks
- Copper Springs target is fault-displaced middle-to-upper portion of large productive porphyry center
- Drill sites selected to test target area, and first-stage drill test permitting complete
- See also Jasper Canyon project description