| Location: | Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 32.1104, -110.06372 |
| dep_id: | 10039384 |
| mrds_id: | M050007 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc |
| Trace mineral: | Molybdenum, Beryllium, Tungsten, Wollastonite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Aurichalcite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Wollastonite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz, Sphene |
| orebody_fm: | BEDDED, TABULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Quartz Veining Of Quartz Monzonite With Muscovite-Silica-Pyrite And Argillic Envelopes; Sericitization |
| conc_proc: | Replacement, 30% Enrichment By Supergene Processes; Oxidation |
| ore_ctrl: | Favorable Beds Intersected By Faults, Protrusions Of Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite Into Sedimentary Rocks |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Abrigo Formation; Escabrosa Limestone; Horquilla Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Limestone,Dolomite |
| arock_unit: | Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Nw Tert Block Faulting, Republic Fault, Massive Fracture Systems Trending Ne, E, And Nw |
| tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Year first produced: | 1881 |
| disc_yr: | 1880 |
| References: |
- 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.
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