Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR LENSES
Ore controlIrregular Lenses In Highly Metamorphosed Limestone, In Or Near Nw-Trending Garnet Zone Exposed On Empire Claim
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Colina Limestone
Associated rockHornblendite
StructureMineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt, Granodiorite Intrusions Nearby
Tectonic settingDuquesne Fault Block
AlterationPyrometasomatized Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Last production1957
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10046340
MRDS IDM241347
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.36958, -110.69456
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, MARY JANE MINEADMR FILE DATA, MARY JANE MINEBLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727USGS MAP I-762ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 79LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPSCROSBY, W.O., 1906, THE LIMESTONE-GRANITE CONTACT DEPOSITS OF WASHINGTON CAMP, ARIZONA; AIME TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 36, P. 626-646