Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper
SecondarySilver, Zinc, Gold
TertiarySilica, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlIn Silicified Breccia In Grand Reef Fault Within Rhyolite Porphyry Which Is Intruded By Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Pinal Schist
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Horse Mountain Volcanics;Goodwin Canyon Quartz Monzonite
StructureBlock Faulting Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folding Trending E And Ne, Grand Reef Fault (Low Angle Fault)
Tectonic settingBasin & Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10039486
MRDS IDM050152
Alternate namesIncludes Grand Reef, Aravaipa, Dogwater, and Silver Cable Claims, Klondike Area
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.89093, -110.32373
References
SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120 P.DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007.WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRI