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Copper Giant Property

Arizona Copper Mine Project For Sale

Location: Arizona, USA
Commodities: Copper
Available Terms: For Sale
Price: $200,000
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Summary

The Copper Giant is a previously owned Freeport McMoRan (formerly Phelps Dodge) property. FMI had rights to the copper giant up until the mid-80’s when they closed their mining facility in Ajo, Arizona known as the New Cornelia Mine due to low copper prices. The New Cornelia is a porphyry copper deposit that is associated with large mines but relatively low grades of copper. The Copper Giant property is associated with the New Cornelia porphyry deposit as it is an exotic copper deposit. An exotic copper deposit consisting of high grade copper oxides filling fractures and pore spaces within rocks and in this case the alluvium at the Ajo Mining District. They form when rain water comes in contact with sulfide ores in the porphyry; acid is generated that leaches the oxide ore putting it into solution. While in the solution the copper is cared with the water. At some point the water will encounter a basic substance like limestone. At this point the copper then comes out of solution and generally forms a high grade, acid soluble copper ore deposit typically forming chrysocolla, chalcocite, malachite, and azurite. The Copper Giant has grades that are extremely high because of the nature of the deposit. Assays from PD showed grades from 0.60% to 3.50+% AsCu. The deposit is also near surface so stripping cost will be low.
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