Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Molybdenum
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPre Ore Brecciation & Stockwork Fracturing, Wall Rock Lithologies. Sulfides Preferentially Replaced Calc-Magnesian Silicates
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tenorite
GangueSerpentine
Geology
Host rockArkose,Limestone · Colina Limestone, Epitaph Formation, Scherer Formation, Concha Li Mestone, All Of Naco Group;Whitcomb Quartzite, Angelica Arkose;Rodolfo Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Ruby Star Granodiorite;
StructureEw Post Mineralization Faulting, Jointing, San Xavier Thrust
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationPropylitic, Quartz-Sericite, Potassic, Skarn
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1952
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10039593
MRDS IDM050388
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates31.98651, -111.07319
References
HIMES, 1972, AIME ANN MTG REPORT NO 72-I-57.COOPER, 1960, USGS BULL 1112.CREASEY & KISTLER, 1962, USGS PP 450-D.HUFF, 1970, USGS BULL 1312-C.LACY & TITLEY, 1959, SO. AZ. GUIDEBOOK II.THURMOND,R., AND OTHERS, 1954, PIMA - A THREE PART STORY. GOLOGY, OPEN PIT, MILLING: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10.USBM FILE DATAKEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 137MAUGER, 1966, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZLANGLOIS, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST VII, P. 103-113SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRIMINING ENGINEERING, 1967; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.