Commodities
PrimaryGold, Molybdenum, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Tungsten, Vanadium
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlAlong Fault Fissures, Bedding Plane Faults, And Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock,Granite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFault Fissures, Bedding Plane Faults; Some Post Mineral Faulting Crushed Quartz & Mo
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationPartly Oxidized; Strongly Altered Cret Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10039527
MRDS IDM050222
Alternate namesAnd Tellurium Claim Groups, Banes 1 & 2 Claims, Last Chance
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.72402, -111.59848
References
KIRKEMO, ANDERSON, & CREASEY, 1965, USGS BULL 1182-EWILSON, CUNNINGHAM, & BUTLER, 1934, ABM BULL 137KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 109ABM FILE DATANOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.CIMRIKIRKEMO, 1965; KEITH, 1974; USBMADMR, 1962