Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlDisseminated Cupriferous Pyrite And Minor Amounts Of Chalcopyrite In Massive Porphyritic Rhyolite Country Rock
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Plutonic Rock
Associated rockDiorite,Trachyandesite · Mountain Wrightson Formation;Josephine Canyon Diorite
StructureGeneral Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40 Nnw, Rhyolite Cut By Series Of Joints Dipping 25-30 Nnw, In Which There Is A Concentration Of Almost Pure Iron Sulfides In Veinlets Or Bands (Maximum Width 1.5 In)
Tectonic settingAlum Gulch And Red Mountain Fault Block
AlterationSurface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10048341
MRDS IDM899928
Alternate namesBlue Eagle and Exposed Reef Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.50403, -110.75679
References
USBM FILES, INVINCIBLE PROSPECTABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHSCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 257ADMR FILE DATA, EXPOSED REEF AND BLUE EAGLE GROUPSSIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)