Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSomewhat Sheared Quartz Monzonite Is Impregnated With Evenly Disseminated Small Crystals, Masses, And Grains Of Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, And Trace Amounts Of Molybdenite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockHornblendite
StructureE-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite, Quartz Monzonite Is Locally Intruded By Granite Prophyry And Underlain By Diorite
AlterationMinor
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10048330
MRDS IDM899911
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.3857, -110.77207
References
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL #582, P. 311SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)