Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Manganese, Semiprecious Gemstone
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlControl By Faults And Fractures In Limestone, Also Along Dike Perpendicular To Bedding, Contact Of Limestone And Intrusive Bodies
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
GangueAragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite
Other materialsPyrolusite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Naco Group
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Granite · Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry
StructureIn Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Limestone N 30 W, 40 To 50 Ne, N50-80e, 40-80 Dip, Faults Cut By Another Fault System At Right Angles
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1893
Last production1978
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10088878
MRDS IDM800140
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.74263, -109.82259
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAWILSON, E.D., 1927. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 74-75.ABGMT 187, P. 84.BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.CIMRIABM FILE DATA