Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMineralization Is Associated With Low-Angle Normal Faults.
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockBasalt · Osborne Wash Formation
StructureNw-Trending Basin And Range Faults., Gash Veins And Joint Planes Adjoining The Normal Faults.
Tectonic settingBlock Faulting
AlterationOxidized Copper Mineralization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10027863
MRDS IDM004242
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.18365, -114.2019
References
ABM BULL 137, P. 127ABGMT BULL 192, P. 123WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS,ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.