Description
Ignacio Campbell
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formNORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXTENSIONS
Ore controlN-S Trending Fissure Vein; Ore Is A Water Deposited Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Longfellow Limestone
Associated rockQuartzite · Coronado Quartzite
StructureN-S Trending Fissues Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting, Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw
Tectonic settingFault Block South Of Morenci; Precipitous Gully Terrain
AlterationMinor
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Last production1910
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10048275
MRDS IDM800398
Alternate namesSilver Lead Claim, Stargo Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.06454, -109.35121
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATABLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841USGS PP 43, SEE SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCHWILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, IN ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, 52 TO 53, AUGUST 1920BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153P.BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.