Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Copper, Gold
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOccurs Within A Brecciated Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockBasalt
StructureNw-Trending Basin And Range Faults, Close To Thrust Fault Zone?
Tectonic settingBlock Faulting
AlterationMinor Iron Oxide
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Last production1963
Identification
Deposit ID10027864
MRDS IDM004243
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.19337, -114.21246
References
ABM BULL 137, P. 127.ABGMT BULL 192, P. 143.USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.WILKINS, 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.ADMR FILE DATA.CIMRI(8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.