Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold, Lead, Zinc
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlQuartz Veins As Siliceous Replacements Along Fractures In Limestone Lenses In Arkose
Materials
Ore mineralsCuprite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockArkose · Amole Arkose
Associated rockLatite · Saginaw Hill Porphyry, Latite
StructureNe Trending Fractures, Brecciation
AlterationLimonite, Quartz, Sericite, Clay, Pyrite, Garnetized-Epidotized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10039675
MRDS IDM050631
Alternate namesPapago Queen, Gold Hill, Amole Group, Gold Mountain, Saginaw Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.14568, -111.0793
References
KINNESON, 1958, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 123 P.ASHLEY, R.P., 1974, FIELD EXAMKEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 103ABM FILE DATAAriz Bur Mines Bull 189 P102 1974Abandoned Mines Site Investigations at Saginaw Hill Pime County, AZ: BLM Fact Sheet, June 2005. Accessed 28-JUL-2009. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/az/pdfs/nepa/library/saginaw.Par.27395.File.dat/Saginaw_Hill_Fact_Sheet.pdf