Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryGold, Silver, Manganese, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOre Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprodescloizite, Gold, Silver
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
Associated rockGranite · Sacramento Hill Stock
StructurePre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common, Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
AlterationGossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1906
Last production1947
Identification
Deposit ID10101372
MRDS IDD000117
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.43347, -109.91732
References
GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89.KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187