Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNw-Trending Fissure Vein And Smaller Fissures In Quartz Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockHornblendite
StructureQuartz Monzonite Country Rock Is Cut In Region By Granite Porphyry, Diorite, And Aplitic Granite, Vein Contains Sesams Of Pyrite And Chalcopyrite Coated With Chalcocite And Covellite
AlterationSericitic Zone At Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Granite Porphyry
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10048332
MRDS IDM899916
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.3357, -110.7115
References
USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #5SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P. 347.SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)