Location: | Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.10734, -110.07066 |
dep_id: | 10039385 |
mrds_id: | M050011 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Minor mineral: | Silver, Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Sphalerite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR IN BEDS |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Garnetization, Lime Silicates, Oxidation Of Ore |
conc_proc: | Replacement In Favorable Beds |
ore_ctrl: | Replacement By Ore In Favorable Beds At Intersections With Small Northeaster Faults. |
Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R. |
hrock_unit: | Abrigo Formation Cambrian Shale, Impure Limestone, Sandy Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Shale,Limestone,Dolomite |
arock_unit: | Texas Canyon |
arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite |
Structure: | Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne., Fault System Of Northeasters |
tectonic: | Basin And Range |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1900 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1921 |
References: |
- Deposit:: COOPER, J.R. AND SILVER L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416
- Deposit:: COOPER, J.R. 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156
- Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
- Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41
- Production:: COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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