Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlE-W Trending Vertical Fault Or Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureE-W And N-S Trending Faults In Tertiary Volcanics, Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain
Tectonic settingRed Mountain Fault Block; Downthrow To North
AlterationAndesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10048347
MRDS IDM899934
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.52097, -110.72373
References
SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 264-265MOORES, RICHARD C, 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONASIMONS, FRANK S. 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.22