Description
Prospected By Calumet & Arizona Mining Co In 1907-1909
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryTungsten, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formFUNNEL, ELLIPTICAL PIPE
Ore controlBreccia Pipe
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Molybdenite, Wolframite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Copper Creek Granodiorite
StructureNnw Trending Block Faulting, Breccia Pipe Bounded By Curved Peripheral Faults, Several Faults S Trike E-W, N70w, & N10w
Tectonic settingBasin & Range
AlterationSericitization Of Plagioclase, Breccia Pipe Altered Orange Near Pe Riphery, White At Center
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10088596
MRDS IDM050127
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.76232, -110.48596
References
SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378JORALEMON, 1952, ECON GEOL V. 47, NO. 3, P. 243-259