Description
Miss Elanor Wood
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Schist
Associated rockGranite
StructureMajor Nw Trending Fault Nearby., Faulting Occurs Later Than The Intrusion Of The Dikes Payson Granite Outcrops E Of Fault. Tertiary Sediments Outcrop 1 Mile S Of Mine. Nw-Se Fissures Are Common, Parallel Ne-Sw. Diorite Dikes Also Present. Ne-Trending Thrust Fault 1 Mile E Of Mine.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10027340
MRDS IDM002896
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.16228, -111.29377
References
LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E. D., 1924 , GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 120 , P. 41 .ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P17.CONWAY,C.M.1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA,CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PHD THESIS