Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Manganese
SecondaryCopper, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFractured And Metamorphosed Limestone, At Or Near Granite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
GangueLimonite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureFractured, Faulted Nnw Slivers Of Paleozoios; Thrust Faults
AlterationOxidized Fe & Mn Carrying Ag & Pb; Fractured And Silicified Limest One
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10039629
MRDS IDM050526
Alternate namesPurcell, Black Beauty, Hump
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.91818, -111.28625
References
FARNHAM, STEWART, & DELONG, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 119-120KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 131KEITH, 1974, P. 131; USBM IC 7990