| Lat / long: | 32.1104, -110.06372 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc |
| Tertiary: | Molybdenum, Beryllium, Tungsten, Wollastonite |
| Ore: | Aurichalcite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Wollastonite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz, Sphene |
| Orebody form: | BEDDED, TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1880 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1881 |
| Host rock: | Abrigo Formation; Escabrosa Limestone; Horquilla Limestone |
| Host type: | Shale,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Associated rock: | Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Nw Tert Block Faulting, Republic Fault, Massive Fracture Systems Trending Ne, E, And Nw |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | Quartz Veining Of Quartz Monzonite With Muscovite-Silica-Pyrite And Argillic Envelopes; Sericitization |
| MRDS | M050007 |
| DEP | 10039384 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416.}{Deposit:: COOPER, 1950, ABM BULL 156.}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187.}{Deposit:: CLAYTON, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 17-24.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1992, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA - 1993: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 40, 25 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1992, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GREELEY, 1978; PHILLIPS AND OTHERS, 1992; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J. |