Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOre Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, 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
Identification
Deposit ID10027131
MRDS IDM002193
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.41736, -109.91871
References
USGS GEOL. FOLIO 112, 1904.USGS PP 21, 1904, P. 118KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 90.CIMRIKEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.