Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlStrata Massive Sulfide Occurences In Submarine Volcanic And Volcaniclastic Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockSchist · Yavapai Series
Associated rockTuff
StructureTwo Periods Of Folding; The Latest Period Characterized By Isoclinal Folding By Passive Slip Deformation
Tectonic settingBack-Arc Extensional Cratonic Basin
AlterationHydrothermally Altered Footwall Zones (Chloritic Core, Sericitic Outer Zones); Cordierite, Anthophyllite, Almandine Garnet, Magnetite, And Biotite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098710
MRDS IDMP90001
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.90972, -113.92083
References
STENSRUD, H.L., AND MORE, S. W., 1980, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE WEST-CENTRAL HAULAPAI MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA--A PRELIMINARY REPORT: ARIZONA GEOL. SOC. DIGEST, V. 12, P. 155-165.DONNELLY, M.E., AND CONWAY, C.M., 1988, METALLOGENIC MAP OF VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE-SULFIDE OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1853-B, SCALE 1:1,000,000.MORE, S. W., 1980, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ANTLER MINE AND VICINITY, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS, TUCSON, UNIV. OF ARIZONA, 149 PDONNELY, 1988