Description
Al Sieber, William Moore And St. John
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMolybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlCurving Fissure Zone, Ne-Trending Dikes, Intrusions, Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprodescloizite, Dioptase, Fluorite, Gold, Malachite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite · Payson Diorite
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite
StructureTert Sediments Approximately 1 Mile S Of Mine, Oxbow Shaped Fault Fissure
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1916
Last production1936
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10046305
MRDS IDM241207
Alternate namesOsborn Prospect, Golden Wreath, Others
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.16895, -111.35377
References
LAUSEN & WILSON, 1925, ARIZONA BUR MINES BULL 120, P. 37-41.LAUSEN & WILSON, 1927, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. 10, NO. 19, P. 5-7, 12-14.USGS BULL 1355, P. 9.ADMR FILE DATA.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.CONWAY, C.M., 1976, PETROLOTY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: PHD THESIS, CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT NO. 2.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.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.CIMRI