Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlDeposit Occurs In A Wide, Silicified Breccia Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Hematite, Malachite, Specularite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockBasalt
StructureNw-Trending Basin And Range Faults.
Tectonic settingBlock Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102571
MRDS IDM004250
Alternate namesNorthside, Quartz King
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.17754, -114.20051
References
ABM BULL 137, P. 127USGS BULL 451, P. 73ABGMT BULL 192, P. 142WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T. L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHER; P. 182.A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 127