Commodities
PrimaryGold, Lead
SecondarySilver, Copper
TertiaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlAlong Quartz Latite Porphyry Dikes And Along Limestone Bedding Planes, Where Beds Are Broken By Steeply Inclined Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Galena
GangueHematite, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Martin Formation;Abrigo Formation
Associated rockLatite
StructureComplex Faulting, Major Faults With N-S Trend, Including O'Carroll Fault 1/4 Mile E, Other N-S And Ne Trending Faults. In Horst Between Two Major Faults, The O'Carroll And The Keystone, E-W Trending Quartz Latite Porphyry Dikes, And One Ne Trending Dike. Abrigo And Martin Formation Beds Strike Nne To Ne, Dip 9-15se
AlterationMetamorphism Of Limestone Produced Marble; Anhydrite, Magnetite, And Hematite. Extensive Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Last production1941
Identification
Deposit ID10109789
MRDS IDM241235
Alternate namesLavell, San Bernado, Jr., Gold-Copper Properties
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.07064, -113.78966
References
USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1391.USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.ABMR APEX MINE FILE.USGS BULLETIN 771, 1925, P 63-64.JOHN T. EASTLICK, 1968, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967. GRATON-SALES VOLUME, JOHN D. RIDGE EDITOR. AIME, INC, NEW YORK, VOL II, P. 1192.GALBRAITH, FREDERIC W., 1947, MINERALS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN NO. 153, P. 70.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.