New York and Arizona Gold Mines

Greenlee County, Arizona, United States

Silver Gold Copper Lead Manganese

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Commodities

PrimarySilver

SecondaryGold, Copper

TertiaryLead, Manganese

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR

Ore controlNe Trending Fissures In Sedimentary Sequences; Contact Metamorphic Replacements Along The Margin Of The Intrusives

Materials

GangueEpidote, Limonite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz

Geology

Host rockQuartzite · Longfellow Limestone;Morenci Shale

Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite

StructureNe Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry, Contact Deposits With General E-W Strike

Tectonic settingGold Gulch Fault Block; Precipitous Gully Terrain

AlterationDistinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry Associated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substanital Development Of Epidote And Magnetite

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1921

Last production1937

Discovery year1901

Description

Home Copper Co

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References

USGS PP 43 (1905)ABGMT-USBM FILE DATASTEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. X, PAGES 1293-1294, NEW YORK-ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO.STEVENS, H.J., 1912-1913, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL XI, PAGE 444, HOME COPPER COARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GROUPABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER COBENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.

Identification

Deposit ID10109873

MRDS IDM800402

Alternate namesCansler Mine, Buzzard Shadow Group

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates33.07232, -109.41009