Description
Mason, Reagan, Long, Copeland
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Copper
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSilver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry Dikes And Stocks
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Siderite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Other materialsStromeyerite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Pinal Schist;Naco Limestone
Associated rockDiorite,Dacite · Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry
StructureN-S Trending Fault Systems, Ns Trending Sediments With E Dip, Quartz Diorite Intrusion. Fault Systems Are South Of Mine
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSupergene Enrichment Near Surface, Hypogene Enrichment At Depth.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1877
Last production1955
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10048314
MRDS IDM899881
Alternate namesFortune, White Horse, Last Chance, California, Seventy-Four
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.33036, -111.08764
References
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, AZ: ABM BULL. 151, P. 7, 11-13, 139-154.RANSOME, F.L.,1912, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SUPERIOR, AZ: USGS BULL. 540, P. 156-158.USBM FILES.ABM BULL 140.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRISHORT, ET AL, 1943.