Description
David Harshaw & Jose Andrade
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Manganese
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENSES
Ore controlFault Gouge And Silicified Fault Breccia; Porphyry/Quartzite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Braunite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Manganite, Mimetite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
GangueClay, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated rockShale,Conglomerate,Limestone
StructureCorral Canyon Fault Block, Downthrow To Sw. Located On N-S Trending American Fault, Fault Gouge And Silicified Fault Breccia In A Strong Fault Zone; Bedding Plane Fault In Conglomerate
AlterationSilicification Of Fault Breccia
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1896
Last production1964
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10103551
MRDS IDM030387
Alternate namesEagle-Pitcher Properties, Manto
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates31.45958, -110.71706
References
KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936, ABM BULL 140.VON FAY, 1965, ASARCO REPORT.ADMR FILE DATA, HARDSHELL MINE, TRENCH MILL.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; HARDSHELL MINE, EAGLE PITCHER LEAD CO.ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.USBM FILES, HARDSHELL MINE.NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.CIMRIKEITH, 1975; ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936.NIEMUTH, 1987.