Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockTuff · Cobre Ridge Tuff
StructureBlock Faulting
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSericitization; Silicification; Propylitization; Qtz-Ser-Pyr
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1934-1941
First production1895
Last production1941
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10039541
MRDS IDM050245
Alternate namesMcdonald, Golden Eagle, Rob Roy
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.44514, -111.25569
References
WILSON AND OTHERS, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL 137.KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.YEEND, WARREN, 1973.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ABM BULL 191, P. 64.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRIKEITH, 1975.NIEMUTH, 1987; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.