Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR , LENSES
Ore controlIn Places, The Copper Minerals Are Sufficiently Abundant To Color The Whole Width Of The Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Wulfenite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockMarble
StructureArea Has Been Cut By Several Faults Of Minor Magnitude.
AlterationA Strike Fault, With Schist Footwall And Marble Hanging Wall, Contains A Vein Of Coarse-Grained, Vitreous, Gray Quartz That Ranges From A Few Inches Up To Four Feet
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10027239
MRDS IDM002579
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.74008, -114.38439
References
WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 201BUTLER, G.M.; 1937; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 142, P. 19BUTLER, G.M.; 1952; ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING: ARI. B.M. BULLETIN 160; P.21JOHNSON, M.G.; 1972; PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 69