Description
Anwell Lafaves
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondaryLead, Silver
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formFLAT TABULAR
Ore controlNe Trending Fault; Intrusive Quartzite Dike Cutting Contacts Of Limestone And Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Lead, Sphalerite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Limonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale;Longfellow Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Morenci Granite Porphyry
StructureNe Trending Faults; Intrusive Igneous Dikes Associated With Morenci Porphyry Stock, Porphyry Dikes Cutting Sedimentary Sequences
Tectonic settingTransition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
AlterationDeposit Is Replacement Of Interbedded Sandstone And Limestone Sequences
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Last production1942
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10088899
MRDS IDM800405
Alternate namesKeating Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.07232, -109.30787
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATABLM DISTRICT SHEET 842ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 137, P. 187BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 145, NO 12, P 75-77