Arizona · Yavapai County
Producer
Copper Chief Mine
Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
Gold
Silver
Lead
Copper
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Gold
Secondary
Silver, Lead, Copper
Tertiary
Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
ELONGATED LENS
Ore control
Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rock
Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite · Deception Rhyolite, Cleopatra Quartz Porphyry Member
Associated rock
Tuff,Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure
Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration
Chloritization, Sericitization
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1901
Last production
1948
Identification
Deposit ID
10048232
MRDS ID
M800331
Alternate names
Iron King-Equator, Copper Chief-Iron King-Equator
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
34.70504, -112.09463
References
USGS BULL 782, P.91 TO 92USGS PP 308 P. 149-151ABM BULL 145 P. 55-56ROGERS, THORNWELL, 1979, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS-COPPER CHIEF MINE. NORTH. AZ. UNIV.USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA