| Location: | Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 31.83319, -110.75985 |
| dep_id: | 10026900 |
| mrds_id: | M000917 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfide |
| Minor mineral: | Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite |
| gangue: | Biotite |
| alteration: | Skarnification, Pyritization, Silicification, Argillization |
| conc_proc: | Secondary Enrichment Only Locally Important |
| ore_ctrl: | Intrusions, Lithology, Limestone Skarns |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Horquilla Limestone;Scherrer Formation, Concha Limestone;Bisbee Group |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Greaterville Intrusives |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Quartz Latite |
| Structure: | Flat Thrust Fault Separating Paleozoic Limestones From Overlying B Isbee Group |
| tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Year first produced: | 1875 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1959 |
| disc_yr: | 1961 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-613.
- Deposit:: JIM KELLY, ANAMAX MINING CO (PERSONAL COMMUN. TO JAN WILT).
- Deposit:: 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.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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