Orebody formBUNCHY BENEATH 100 FT, TABULAR ABOVE 100 FT
Ore controlIn Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite In Small Fault Block
Materials
Ore mineralsCuprite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite;Diabase
StructureJewel Hill Fault, 1/4 Mile Ne, Faults Paleozoic Sediments And Tertiary Whitetail Conglomerate To The Sw Against Prec Pinal Schist To The Ne. Another Nw Trending Fault With Associated Off Shoots Goes Through Mine Area., Diabase Faulted Against Quartz Monzonite, Which Forms Fault Block And Also Outcrops In Large Pod W And S Of Mine. The Pod Extends S To The Castle Dome Mine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1906
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10109790
MRDS IDM241239
Alternate namesContinental Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.41897, -110.94764
References
USGS PP 12, 1903, P. 159ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSGS PP 342, 1962, PLATE 1USGS BULLETIN 971, 1951, P 128-9.