Arizona · Greenlee County
Producer

Standard Copper Mine

Greenlee County, Arizona, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNe Trending Fissure
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Malachite, Molybdenite
GangueChlorite, Kaolin, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockGranite · Morenci Granite Porphyry
StructureClosely Massed Joint Systems Trending Ne; Fissure System Trending Ne, Part Of First Great Fault Block South Of The Coronado Massif
Tectonic settingTransition Zone Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
AlterationOxidation To Unknown Depth; Chloritization Of Biotite; Extensive Hydrothermal Alterration
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1902
Last production1911
Identification
Deposit ID10048130
MRDS IDM800162
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.10343, -109.35454
References
USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905)AGBMT-USBM FILE DATABUTLER, B.S. AND ELDRED D. WILSON, 1938, SOME ARIZONA ORE DEPOSITS, CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 145BLM DISTRICT MAP 839