Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formUNKNOWN
Ore controlOre Mainly Occurs In N-S Trending Shear Zone Or Lode; Lode Narrows With Depth
Materials
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende
Geology
Host rockTuff,Welded Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rockRhyolite · Mount Wrightson Formation
StructureNorthward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic Limestone, Located On Or Near Northward Extension Of Harshaw Creek Fault
Tectonic settingAlum Gulch Fault Block; Complex Fault Systems Associated With Harshaw Creek Fault
AlterationSurface Oxidation To Unknown Depths; Pyrite Gossan At Surface
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1947
Last production1948
Identification
Deposit ID10048340
MRDS IDM899927
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.50125, -110.75929
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, IRON CAP MINEBLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)KARTCHNER, WAYNE E. 1944 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P.82-84