The Coyote Spring
Property contains the same surface
rocks as found at the Safford Dos
Pobres deposit, namely volcanics
intruded by Laramide porphyry copper
veins and intrusive dike swarms.
Oxide copper mineralization occurs
on the surface in wide N60E trending
shear zones that are also very
similar to the nearby Safford Dos
Pobres ore deposit. The Coyote
Springs Property has strong porphyry
copper alteration zoning, stockwork
veins and anomalous copper.
The property
contains large tonnage, porphyry
copper targets, 1) that occur at
depth, under surface exposures of
stockwork copper oxide veins, 2)
under younger volcanic cover, and 3)
under unexplored, gravel covered
areas. The missing faulted off-set
of the Safford Dos Pobres ore
deposit or another faulted ore
deposit may exist on the Coyote
Springs Property along the
Foothill-Butte fault. The U.S.
Geological Survey in Map I-1617 has
identified Laramide porphyry dike
swarms at the Coyote Springs
Property. About 75% of the known
copper ores in the Safford Mining
District have been found along
disseminations and fractures in the
Safford Volcanics, and about 25% has
been found in porphyritic
intrusions. Similar rocks exist on
the Coyote Springs Property.
