| Lat / long: | 33.12621, -109.33065 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Malachite |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Orthoclase, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host type: | Granite |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Precabrian Granite-Granodiorite Complex |
| Associated type: | Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | Ne-Trending Narrow Porphyry Dikes In Coarse Reddish Quartzitic Granite; Veins Consist Of Many Very Sharply Defined Fissure Planes Striking Nne, Granite Country Rock Fragmented By Small Dike Of Basalt Or Andesite; Volcanic Dike Fractures Porphyry Dike Aout 15 Feet Below Surface |
| Tectonic: | Copper King Massif; Block Faulting Nw Of Massif With Downthrow Of About 1000 Ft |
| Alteration processes: | Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths; Porphyry Greatly Bleached By Sericitization And Extensively Cemented By Quartz Veinlets |
| MRDS | M001271 |
| DEP | 10026952 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1905, USGS PROF PAPER 43, P. 362-263}{Deposit:: WEED, 1914, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, P. 648, NEW ENGLAND AND CLIFTON COPPER CO}{Deposit:: STEVENS, 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 10, P. 1284-1285, 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.} |
| Reporter | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |