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Hardshell Skarn

Hardshell Skarn, Arizona
Target Commodity:Cu-Au-Ag
Partnership Status:Wholly owned by BCE and available for partnership
Land Position:293 acres; 16 U.S. unpatented lode mining claims
Property Location:Sunnyside area; Santa Cruz County, Arizona; Patagonia Mountains
  • High-grade copper-gold-silver skarn target located in historic mining district between Sunnyside porphyry copper system and Hardshell silver-copper-manganese replacement deposit (both with historic mineral resources defined by Asarco in 1970's exploration)

  • Historic high-grade drill intercepts of polymetallic skarn in Paleozoic carbonate rocks along BCE property boundary

  • Significant thicknesses of silicified and altered Paleozoic carbonate section outcropping on BCE property, with series of faults stepping the unit up across BCE ground and presenting opportunity to test multiple prospective stratigraphic levels

  • BCE geochemical and structural interpretation defines property as key intermediate piece between drill-defined deep skarn environment and the shallow, distal styles of mineralization represented by Hardshell