Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlContact Of Volcanics And Limestone, And Limestone And Sill
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Concha Limestone
Associated rockAndesite · Duquesne Volcanics
StructureMineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sed Iment Belt (2.5 Mi By 1.25 Mi) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt, Post Mineral Faulting Displacing Ore Horizons Tens Of Feet, Nw Plu Nging Anticline; 2 Upper Ore Zones Thicken And Locally Merge To Form O Ne Ore Zone Dipping 50-70 Ne Along Axis Of A Nw Plunging Anticline
Tectonic settingWashington Camp Fault Block
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10037100
MRDS IDM030398
Alternate namesPart of Duquesne-Washington Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.38597, -110.69928
References
LEHMAN, 1978, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZSIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582ABGMT FILE DATAADMR FILE DATA, J.R. SIMPLOT CO. PROPERTY