Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSTRATIFORM, IRREGULAR, LENS, VEINLETS
Ore controlStratigraphy; Zones Of Pronounced Schistosity, Sparsely Disseminated Throughout Schist And Monzonite Also, Fracturing.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Melaconite, Silver
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated rockMonzonite,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
StructureFoliation And Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N 40 E, Massive Sulfide Lenses, Parallel Foliation
AlterationSericitization, Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Last production1975
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10109870
MRDS IDM800384
Alternate namesZonia Mcmahon Mine, Zonia Group, Claims Include Zonia GroupMcmahon, Black Prince, Shamrock, Defiance, Cuprite, Fairplay, Copperopolis
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.30338, -112.63297
References
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILESABGMT -USBM FILE DATAAZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATAUSBM FILE DATA (REEL 4000-60).USBM R.I. 4023 (1947).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.CIMRISAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.