| Lat / long: | 33.13621, -109.34259 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Serpentine |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR MASSES |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Contact Metamorphic |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1902 |
| Host rock: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale;Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Ne Trending Narrow Porphyry Dikes In Vicinity; Veins In Region Consist Of Many Very Sharply Defined Fissure Planes Striking Nne, Morenci Porphyry Intrusion In Locality 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: | Deposit Is Masked By Heavy Oxidation. |
| MRDS | M001701 |
| DEP | 10027005 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 , P. 354}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 838}{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. |