The Sunnyside copper project is a copper exploration project located in Arizona's Patagonia Mountains in the southwestern United States. The property is located near Patagonia, Arizona, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Tucson in the Laramide porphyry copper province, and is owned by Canadian junior mineral exploration company Regal Resources Inc.[1][2]

Sunnyside copper project
Location
Sunnyside is located in Arizona
Sunnyside
Sunnyside
Location of Sunnyside project in Arizona, USA
LocationPatagonia
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
CountryUnited States
Coordinates31°27′35″N 110°34′38″W / 31.45972°N 110.57722°W / 31.45972; -110.57722
Owner
CompanyRegal Resources Inc.
Websiteregalres.com/projects/sunnyside-patagonia/
Year of acquisition2010

The Sunnyside system consists of deep chalcopyrite mineralization in ~60 to 59 Ma quartz-feldspar porphyry, and near-surface, slightly younger (~59–58 Ma) enargite-chalcocite-tennantite mineralization in quartz-feldspar porphyry, quartz monzonite porphyry, and Mesozoic rocks.[3] Base metal skarn mineralization has been intersected in deep drill holes on the property.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sunnyside/Patagonia". Regal Resources Inc. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Turner, Andrew J. (11 June 2012). "Technical Report on the Sunnyside Project, Arizona, USA" (PDF). Edmonton, AB: Apex Geoscience Ltd. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Vikre, Peter G.; Graybeal, Frederick T.; Fleck, Robert J.; Barton, Mark D.; Seedorff, Eric (2014). "Succession of Laramide Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in the Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona". Economic Geology. 109 (6). Society of Economic Geologists: 1667–1704. doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.6.1667.