| Lat / long: | 33.13316, -109.34759 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1902 |
| Last production ended: | 1903 |
| Host type: | Granite |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Precambrian Granite Basement |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Extensive Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths |
| MRDS | M001269 |
| DEP | 10026951 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |