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Jasper Canyon, Arizona
| Target Commodity: |  | Cu(-Mo) |
| Partnership Status: | | BCE wholly owned and available for partnership |
| Land Position: | | ~3,186 acres; 160 U.S. unpatented lode mining claims |
| Property Location: | | Globe-Miami mining district; Gila County, Arizona, northwest end of Globe Hills |
- Supergene and hypogene porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralization targets in northeast portion of world-class 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
- Jasper Canyon targets are fault-displaced upper portion of productive porphyry center
- Adjacent drill hole demonstrates BCE interpretation of shallow cover with porphyry related mineralization at depth
- See also Copper Springs project description