Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault Fissure Zone; Contained In Crushed Ryolite And Small Quartzitic Stringers
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockTrachyandesite
StructureContact Between Rhyolite Porphyry And Area Of Sharply Upfaulted Diorite Parallels Fissure, 20 Ft Distant To South, Sheeting Common To Both Rhyolite And Diorite Dips 45e
Tectonic settingAlum Gulch Fault Block
AlterationRhyolite In Fissure Zone Is Crushed, Altered, And Softened
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10048343
MRDS IDM899930
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.48986, -110.73901
References
USBM FILES, HAMPSON PROSPECTABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITYHSCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 258SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)SIMONS, FRANKS., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-EMOORES, RICHARD C. 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA