4-8-005: skarn - Copper Mountain District - Morenci Mine

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Specimen Number4-8-005Alternate NumberM-5CommentsGarnetized Ordovician Longfellow limestone. Mixture of light gray-green garnet, pyroxene, chlorite, epidote, and pyrite. Also contains appreciable calcite, magnetite, chalcopyrite, and quartz. Copper averages 0.4%. Typical skarn associated with porphyry type deposit.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)calciteepidotegarnetmagnetiteRock NameskarnDistrictCopper MountainMineMorenciExternal LinkMindatGeo-LocationundefinedSub-LocationundefinedDeposit TypePorphyry CopperGeo-Coords^[1]Reference MaterialACL-173: Anzalone, S.A., Beane, R.E., Davis, S.R., Graybeal, F.T., Guilbert, J.M., Oakley, C.A., Titley, S.R., and West, R.M., org., 1979, Society of Economic Geology Field Conference on Tucson-Area Porphyry Copper Deposits, Tucson, AZ, May 3-6, 1979, 205 p.

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4-8-005: skarn - Copper Mountain District - Morenci Mine