Specimen Number4-8-023Alternate NumberR-3CommentsQuartzite and minor diabase, oxidized. Sample shows hypogene fracturing, alteration, and healing by silicification, all followed by supergene oxidation. Native Cu and black cuprite along fractures and also disseminated is common. Fe oxides and jarosite overprint everything. Can run 1-2% Cu.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)cupritehematitequartzRock NamequartziteDistrictMineral CreekMineRayExternal LinkMindatGeo-LocationEast end of Ray pitsSub-LocationundefinedDeposit TypePorphyry CopperGeo-Coords[1] Reference MaterialACL-115: Hoelscher, S.A., 1977, Structural Geology of the Ray mine, Recent Developments, AZ Conference AIME, Mining Geology Division Meeting, Ray Mine, AZ, April 16, 1977, 18 p.
ACL-116: Cornwall, H.R., and Banks, N.G., 1977, Igneous Rocks and Copper Mineralization in the Ray Porphyry Copper District, Arizona, U.S.G.S. Open-file report 77-255, 1977, 10 p.
ACL-117: Gambell, N.A., 1977, Geology and Mineralization of the Ray Silicate Orebody, AZ Conference AIME, Mining Geology Division Meeting, Ray Mine, AZ, April 16, 1977, 15 p.
ACL-118: Gambell, N.A., 1977, A Review of the Ray Orebody, AZ Conference AIME, Mining Geology Division Meeting, Ray Mine, AZ, April 16, 1977, 19 p.
ACL-121: Gambell, N.A., 1976, Geology and Mineralization of the Ray silicate orebody, in Jenney, J.P., and Hauck, H.R., eds., AZ Geol. Soc. Digest Volume XI, Proceedings of the Porphyry Copper Symposium, Tucson, AZ, March 18-20, p. 35.
ACL-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.
4-8-023: quartzite - Mineral Creek District - Ray Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 10/06/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/31484