| Lat / long: | 33.13871, -109.35926 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chrysocolla |
| Gangue: | Malachite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1872 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1890 |
| Host rock: | Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | Normal Faulting Confined To Pre-Tertiary Rocks, Vicinity Is Extensively Faulted ; At The Ne End Of The Tunnel, The Main Fissure Appears To Break Into The Porphyry And Is Complicated By Faulting |
| Tectonic: | Metcalf Fault Block |
| Alteration processes: | Pure Kaolin Occurs, No Sulfide Ore Is Present |
| MRDS | M001702 |
| DEP | 10027006 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1905 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 , P. 353}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, MINERALS OF ARIZONA, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES GEOLOGICAL SERIES NO 15, BULL 149}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD}{Deposit:: STEVENS, 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 10, P. 356, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD}{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. |