The initial source for copper in Arizona were igneous intrusions into native host rock. The copper veins were eventually exposed through erosion at the surface. Copper then leached back into the ground and recrystallized in the form of copper minerals in what is called a supergene enrichment zone. The igneous intrusions were due to a long period of magmatism from the middle of the Mesozoic to the early Cenozoic era.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern S-P--G---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter S and 3rd letter P and 6th letter G. In alphabetical order, they are:

supergene

superglue

supergood

superguns

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern -U---GE--. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter U and 6th letter G and 7th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

aulnagers

cultigens

multigerm

rummagers

supergene

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 7 words with the pattern --P--GE--. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter P and 6th letter G and 7th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

aspergers

diplogens

expungers

hypnogeny

impingent

impingers

supergene

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern -----GE-E. That is, nine letter words with 6th letter G and 7th letter E and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

etrangere

melongene

miscegene

oligogene

paleogene

pathogene

photogene

supergene

transgene