Mine detail: Iolanthe Prospect

Previously called 'Dead PineEl Moro'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.13621, -109.34259

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Serpentine
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR MASSES
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1902

Geology

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.

References

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.