Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlVeins Within Shear Zones. Nw Striking Rhyolite Intrusions.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Brochantite, Calamine, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprodescloizite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureQuaternary Gila Conglomerate Overlies Ore Zone, The Mammoth Fault, N22w, 56 To 70 Deg Ne, Cuts The Veins
AlterationOxidation To A Depth Of 500 Ft. Silicification From Slight To Complete Replacement Is Common But Most Intense In The Veins. Breccia Fragments Are Altered To Sericite And Clay. Some Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1896
Last production1934
Discovery year1881
Identification
Deposit ID10048300
MRDS IDM899857
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.70399, -110.68207
References
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #519.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA - MOHAWK MINE FILE, MOLYBDENUM GOLD MINING CO FILE, MOLYBDENUM CORP OF AMERICA FILE, ST. ANTHONY AND DEV. CO. FILE.ADMR FILE DATA.PETERSON, 1938, ABM BULL 144, P. 60-62.WILSON, ABM BULL 137, P. 170-174.BLM DISTRICT SHEET #706, SE 1/2 T8S, R16E.CREASEY, 1965, USGS PP 471, P. 31.CIMRI