Location: | Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.74954, -110.49624 |
dep_id: | 10039464 |
mrds_id: | M050121 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper |
Trace mineral: | Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
alteration: | Sericite With Breccia Pipes & Dacite Porphyry; Potassic And Argill Ic, Lesser Propylitization, Silicification, And Tourmalinization |
conc_proc: | Replacement During An Early Stage Of Brecciation |
ore_ctrl: | Fractures, Blowout Or Chimney |
Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
hrock_type: | Dacite |
arock_unit: | Copper Creek Granodiorite |
arock_type: | Dacite |
Structure: | Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Strong Zone Of Faulting Striking E-W And Cut By Cross Faults Strik Ing N60e & N20e |
tectonic: | Basin & Range |
References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461
- Deposit:: WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378
- Deposit:: GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 25
- Deposit:: KUHN, 1941, ECON. GEOL. V. 36, NO. 5, P. 522
- Production:: SIMONS, 1954
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