Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSHOOTS
Ore controlNarrow Shoots In Ne-Trending Fissure Vein Associated With Granite Porphyry Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Silver
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockHornblendite · Comoro Canyon Granite
StructureE-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite, Dip Of Vein Is Steep To South Near Surface And Nearly Vertical (Dipping Slightly To North) Near Bottom Of 75 Ft Shaft
AlterationMinor Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10095791
MRDS IDM899913
Alternate namesM, M. Mine, W.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.39347, -110.78929
References
USBM FILES, BIG LEAD MINESCHRADER, FRANK C.,1915, USGS BULL. 582, P. 312SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH