| Location: | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 31.3732, -110.68706 |
| dep_id: | 10037101 |
| mrds_id: | M030399 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Diopside, Garnet, Limonite, Quartz, Tremolite |
| orebody_fm: | CLUSTERS OF LENSING BODIES AND BUNCHES, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 60: Skarn Zn-Pb |
| alteration: | Oxidized To 100 Ft, Manganese Stained Gossan |
| conc_proc: | Metasomatic Replacement And Secondary Enrichment Following Instrusion Of Volcanics; Supergene Enrichment Of Manganese Oxides And Bornite; Hypogene Enrichment Of Lead, Zinc, Chalcopyrite, And Molybdenite |
| ore_ctrl: | Large Cluster Of Lensing And Irregular Replacement Bodies Along N-S Trending Fault Contact Of Pyrometamorphosed Limestone And Tri-Jur Volcanics |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_unit: | Naco Group;Epitaph Dolomite, Cherty Limestone Member;Scherrer Formation, Lower Quartzite Member |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Duquesne Volcanics |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Mi By 1.25 Mi) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt, Fault Contact Of Naco Limestone And Tri-Jur Volcanics; Upper Portion Of Shaft In Volcanic Rocks; Lower Portion In Coarsely-Crystalline Limestone That Has Been Contact Metamorphased To Marble |
| tectonic: | N-S Trending Bonanza Fault Zone; Washington Camp Fault Block To W And Downthrown Duquesne Fault Block To E |
| Year first produced: | 1889 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1961 |
| disc_yr: | 1882 |
| discr: | Thomas Shane & N.H. Chapin |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LEHMAN, 1978, PH D THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
- Deposit:: KEITH, 1975 ABM BULL 191
- Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: USBM FILES, BONANZA MINE
- Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, BONANZA MINE, NASH MINES
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, BONANZA MINE, DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION C O.
- Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
- Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727
- Deposit:: TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 293-300
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: KEITH, 1975; LEHMAN, 1978
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