| Lat / long: | 33.1351, -109.30843 |
| Primary: | Copper, Silver, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Lead |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Kaolin |
| Orebody form: | CONTIGUOUS LENS AND SHOOT DEPOSIT |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| 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 |
| 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. |