Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS
Ore controlMineralization Along Low-Angle Normal Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Copper, Hematite, Malachite, Siderite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockBasalt
StructureNw-Trending Basin And Range Faults, Silicified Normal Fault Zone
Tectonic settingBlock Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Last production1969
Identification
Deposit ID10109063
MRDS IDM004111
Alternate namesEmpire, Gray Eagle
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.19893, -114.14662
References
USGS BULL 451, P. 76ABM BULL 140, P. 104ABM BULL 192, P. 123USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATAWILKINS, 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 PUBLISHERS; P. 182.A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P.104. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.