Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlControl By Faults And Fractures In Limestone, Major Faults Dip At Low Angles To East Minor Faults Are Steeper, One Is S 70 W 80 Se
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
GangueAragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Naco Group
Associated rockQuartz Latite · Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry
StructureIn Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Naco Dips 40 To 50 Ne, Intrusion Plane Dips 5 W, Showing Only Slight Marbleization Of Limestone
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1924
Last production1942
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10048117
MRDS IDM800139
Alternate namesMinerals Exploration Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.74485, -109.81759
References
WILSON, E.D., 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 77.ABGMT 187, P. 84.ABM FILE DATABLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.CIMRI