Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
TertiaryLead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formCHIMNEY, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFavorable Carbonate Beds Intersected By Faults; Granite Intrusion F Orming Skarns In Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueAndradite, Chlorite, Epidote, Grossularite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockCarbonate · Bisbee Group
Associated rockRhyolite · Stronghold Granite
StructureHinge Zone Of Nw Trending Fold, W Limb Cut Off By Sw Dipping Rever Se Fault (Red Ant) Which Juxta Poses Prec Cochise Peak Quartz Monzonit E Against Bisbee Group; Nw Trending Rhyolite Dike To Ne
AlterationSkarns-Marble; Epidote And Phlogopite-Chlorite Alteration At Fault S-More Intense Hear Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037134
MRDS IDM030567
Alternate namesMissouri
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.87819, -109.94899
References
SOUSA, 1979, MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZADMR FILE DATAKEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187MARVIN ET AL, 1973, USGS BULL 1379DAMON & BIKERMAN, 1964, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V.7, P. 63-78TENNEY, 1929, P.219