Arizona · Cochise County
Past Producer

Wolverine Mine

Cochise County, Arizona, United States
CopperLeadZincGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOre Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Abrigo Limestone
Associated rockGranite · Sacramento Hill Stock
StructurePre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common, Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
AlterationGossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1909
Last production1931
Identification
Deposit ID10026894
MRDS IDM000841
Alternate namesBroken Promise
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.42153, -109.92259
References
USBM FILESKEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 90.BONILLAS, TENNY, AND FEUCHERE, 1917, AIME TRANS V. 55, P. 284-355KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187