| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.19788, -109.37009 |
| dep_id: | 10027003 |
| mrds_id: | M001690 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSES, IRREGULAR MASSES |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Faults And In Fracture Zones; Some Replacement Of Limestone |
| ore_ctrl: | Ne-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults Cutting Limestone Beds; Ore Occurs Within Fault Zone In Erratically Destributed Lenses And Irregular Masses |
| Reporter: | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_unit: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| Structure: | Narrow Belts Of Carboniferous Limestone Surrounded By Tertiary Volcanic Flows, Limestone Beds Occupy Eastern End Of A Comparatively Narrow Belt Of Carboniferous Rocks That Extends Westward For Several Miles |
| tectonic: | Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces |
| Year first produced: | 1955 |
| disc_yr: | 1955 |
| discr: | Ben Billingsley |
| References: |
- Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND DELONG, C.W., 1961 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990 , P. 96 .
- Deposit:: USBM FILES, OLIVER GROUP OF CLAIMS
- 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.
- Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 7990 , P. 96 .
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