| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.13316, -109.34759 |
| dep_id: | 10026951 |
| mrds_id: | M001269 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Extensive Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Fissure Veins With Irregular Bodies Extending Into Granite Country Rock |
| ore_ctrl: | N-S Trending Fissure Vein In Granite Basement |
| Reporter: | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_type: | Granite |
| arock_unit: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Precambrian Granite Basement |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Ne Trending Narrow Porphyry Dikes In Vicinity; Veins In Region Consist Of Many Very Sharply Defined Fissure Planes Striking Nne, Adjacent To Morenci Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Intrusion; Porphyry Is Fragmented By Masses Of Quartzite, Limestone, And Shale |
| tectonic: | Block Faulting Nw Of Copper King Massif With Downthrow Of About 1000 Ft |
| Year first produced: | 1902 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1903 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1905, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43, P. 354.
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
- Deposit:: WEED, 1914, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, P. 318, DETROIT COPPER MINING CO OF ARIZ.
- Deposit:: STEVENS, 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 10, P. 1285, NEW ENGLAND AND CLIFTON COPPER CO.
- Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
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