Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlOre Found In Silicated Layers In Favorable Beds Along Crosscutting Fissures.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GangueFluorite, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Horquilla Limestone
StructureMassive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting, Tilting Ne ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne, Ne Fault System N15-20e, 65-75e; E Fault System N70e To S70e, 45-80s
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidation Of Ore.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1882
Identification
Deposit ID10039386
MRDS IDM050010
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.11623, -110.06566
References
COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL 156.ECON. GEOL., V. 1, 1906, P. 651-59, FIG. 48.LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41CIMRICOOPER AND SILVER, 1964