Description
Ignacio Campbell
Commodities
PrimarySilver
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 Fissures Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting, Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw
Tectonic settingFault Block South Of Morenci; Precipitous Gully Terrain Of Morenci Gulch
AlterationMinor
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Last production1908
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10048289
MRDS IDM800418
Alternate namesStargo Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.06982, -109.35454
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841.USGS PP 43, SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCH.WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, IN ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. IV, NO. 3, P. 34-35, 52-53, AUGUST 1920.BENNETT 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.WEED, 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIV, P. 454-455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO.CIMRI