Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
SecondaryMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone
TertiaryVanadium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlIn Quartz Veins Cutting Andesite
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Galena, Hematite, Malachite, Wulfenite
GangueMimetite
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockAndesite
Structure4000 Ft Fault Zone N 30-37 W With Quartz Vein On Footwall And Barite Vein On Hanging Wall; Ne-Sw Sheared Zone Which May Represent A Fault With Tert Volcanics To Nw And Prec Schist To Se.
AlterationAlteration Products Of Massive Sulfides In Barite Vein
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1923
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10008298
MRDS IDD000321
Alternate namesTheba, Reliance, Rawley, Rainbow
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.04897, -113.02492
References
WILSON & MILLER, 1974, MINERAL RECORD, V. 5, P. 10-30.THE MINES HANDBOOK & COPPER HANDBOOK, V. XII-XIV, 1916-1924.STEWART AND PFISTER, 1960, USBM RI 5651, P. 41-44.ADMR FILE DATA.SCARBOROUGH, 1981, ABGMT, UNPUB RECONN MAPPING.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.CIMRI