Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlQuartz Vein Cutting Granodiorite
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
Associated rockDiorite,Granite
StructureE-W And Ne-Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite, Located Near Nw-Trending Inferred Guajolote Fault; Fault Shear Zone Is 200 Ft Wide
Tectonic settingGuajolote Fault Block; Downthrow To E
AlterationGranodiorite Is Highly Shattered, Sheeted, And Crushed; Strong Potassic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1937
Last production1941
Identification
Deposit ID10048329
MRDS IDM899910
Alternate namesQuajolote, Bacon, Gualota, Four Metals Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.40931, -110.73761
References
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE.USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22, GUAJOLOTE MINE.KEITH, S.B., 1975, ABM BULL. 191, P. 80.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, GUAJOLOTE MINE.ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582, P. 317-320 (FOUR METALS MINE).ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE.SIMONS, F.S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).GRAYBEAL, F.T., 1972, THE PARTITION OF TRACE ELEMENTS AMONG COEXISTING MINERALS IN SOME LARAMIDE INTRUSIVE ROCKS IN ARIZONA: PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 36-43.