Mine detail: Golden Eagle Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.1351, -109.30843

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Kaolin
Orebody form:	CONTIGUOUS LENS AND SHOOT DEPOSIT
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale;;Longfellow Limestone
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Precambrian Granite Basement;Morenci Granite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granite Mass Cut By W-E Treding Dikes Of Porphyry, Diorite, And Phonolite; Well-Defined Quartz Veins Between Granite Porphyry, Rhyolite Dike Forms Footwall Of Golden Eagle Ore Shoot; Surrounded By Metamorphic Andesites; Gouge Streak Of Pure Kaolin With Average Width Of 1.0 Ft Between Quartz Vein And Walls
Tectonic:	Great Fault Block Ne Of Copper King Mountain; Downthrow Of About 1000 Ft
Alteration processes:	Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

References

MRDS	M001698
DEP	10027004
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 , P. 363}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, UNDER POLARIS GROUP AND PARROT GROUP}{Deposit:: STEVENS, 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 10, P. 1422 POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO}{Deposit:: USBM FILES; AMAX INC, GOLDEN EAGLE, PARROT GROUP}{Deposit:: WEED, 1916, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. 12, P. 933-934, POLARIS MINING AND MILLING 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.