Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTRINGERS, SHOOTS
Ore controlE-S Trending Fissure Vein; Ore Coccurs Within Vein In Fairly Persistent Stringers And Shoots
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockGranite · Comoro Canyon Granite
StructureE-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Quartz Monzonite, Quartz Monzonite Locally Intruded By Diorite And Granite Porphyry Containing Copper, Gold, And Some Molybdenite
AlterationMinor Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1914
Identification
Deposit ID10109887
MRDS IDM899914
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.38292, -110.77929
References
USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P. 313SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762(1:48000)ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH