Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model74: Replacement Mn
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOre Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Group Limestone
Associated rockGranite · Sacramento Hill Stock
StructurePre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting, 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
Identification
Deposit ID10027012
MRDS IDM001715
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.4357, -109.91343
References
USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV, P. 107. ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 127, 1930, P. 39.KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.WILSON AND BUTLER, 1930, ABM BULL 127, P. 39.FARNHAM, USBM IC 7990, P. 15.