Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSurface Outcrops; Leached Zone Carries Isolated Pockets Of Rich Ore; Ne Trending Fissure Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Dioptase, Malachite
GangueHematite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite · Precambrian Granite Basement
StructureVeins Form Quartz-Filled Streaks In Granite; No Porphyry Dikes, Ores Occur In Granite Along The Vein And In Quartz Accompanying The Deposit
Tectonic settingCoronado Massif Surrounded By Peripheral Faults; Fault Block To East Of Massif Downthrown About 2000 Ft
AlterationSericitization Of Orthoclase; Formation Of Nw And Ne Trending Quartz Vein Systems
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1905
Last production1916
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10048293
MRDS IDM800427
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.13288, -109.39259
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XV, P. 261, CUPRITE COPPER CO.WEED, W.H., 1914, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. XI, P. 303, CUPRITE COPPER CO.USGS PP 43, P. 345-346.BENNETT K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI OF ARIZONA, 153 P.CIMRI