Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlE-Trending, Verticcal, Well-Banded Quartz Vein; Ore Forms Feathery Branches Along Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueSulfur
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockSandstone · Mt Wrightson Formation
StructureNw-Trending Harshaw Creek Fault (N30w); General Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40nnw, Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite(?) And Granitic Aplite
Tectonic settingAlum Gulch Fault Block
AlterationPyritic Gossan Capping Deposit; Volcanic Sedimentary Rocks Commonly Altered To Epidote, Tourmaline, Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, And Pyrophyllite; Propylitic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1903
Last production1956
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10048351
MRDS IDM899941
Alternate namesBlue Eagle and Exposed Reef Group, Blue Eagle 1 and 2 Claims, Hillside Copper Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.49236, -110.75679
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, BLUE EAGLE GROUPABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHKEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A 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-ESIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582 P. 257-258ADMR FILE DATA, EXPOSED REEF AND BLUE EAGLE GROUPS