Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSouth Side Of Prominent Quartzitic Ridge North Of Morenci; Ridge Forms Divide Between Chase Creek And Eagle Creek Watersheds; Block Faulting South Of The Great Coronado Fissure Vein With Downthrow Of 1200 Ft On Southern Side And Gentle Westward Dip
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Malachite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Coronado Quartzite
StructureSouth Side Of Prominent Quartz Itic Ridge North Of Morenci; Ridge Forms Divide Between Chase Creek And Eagle Creek Watersheds; Block Faulting South Of The Great Coronado Fissure Vein With Downthrow Of 1200 Ft On Southern Side And Gentle Westward Dip, Vein Is Located On A Subrodinate Fault Fissure
Tectonic settingCoronado Granite Massif Surrounded By Peripheral Faults
AlterationSurface Oxidation; Majority Of Fissure Veins In This Region Contain Oxidized Copper Ores In Their Upper Levels
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10048282
MRDS IDM800407
Alternate namesArizona Copper Co Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.10066, -109.39509
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, LAS TRAJAS MINEUSGS PP 43, P. 345BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.