Magnetotelluric Survey to Characterize the Sunnyside Porphyry Copper System in the Patagonia Mountains, Arizona

摘要

The Sunnyside porphyry copper system is part of the concealed San Rafael Valley porphyry system located in the Patagonia Mountains of Arizona. To help characterize the size and resistivity of the mineralized area beneath overburden, a regional east-west magnetotelluric sounding profile was acquired. This is a data release report of the magnetotelluric sounding data collected along the east-west profile; no interpretation of the data is included. The Great Basin province of the western United States potentially contains concealed mineral deposits. This study uses the magnetotelluric method to determine if a polarizable mineral deposit (indicative of metallic content) buried beneath thick overburden can be detected.