Description
George F. Wieland And Associates
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES AND SHOOTS
Ore controlNw-Trending Fault Fissure And Vein System-Ore Occurs In Lenses And Shoots That Apparently Pitch Westward On Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Cuprite, Limonite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructurePorphyritic To Fine-Grained Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows, Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Systems Cutting Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain
Tectonic settingRed Mountain And Corral Canyon Fault Blocks
AlterationAndesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material;Surface Oxidation To Great Depths
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1882
Last production1949
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10048356
MRDS IDM899944
Alternate namesDewey Prospect, Red Rock Prospect, Wieland Group, Basin No 1 Prospect, Great Silver Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.48097, -110.7165
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHSIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E P. 22SIMONS, 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. 275-276KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 56ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; WEILAND-GEBLER GROUP, GREAT SILVER MINE