| Lat / long: | 31.75902, -110.76429 |
| Primary: | Lead, Silver |
| Secondary: | Gold, Zinc, Copper |
| Tertiary: | Molybdenum, Iron |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| Orebody form: | THIN, DISCONTINUOUS, SUBPARALLEL |
| Discovery year: | 1874 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Apache Canyon Formation |
| Host type: | Quartzite,Shale,Argillite,Siltstone,Limestone |
| Associated type: | Quartz Latite |
| Structure: | Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N; Homoclinal, Attitude Of Veins Is Generally Conformable To Bedding N 50 - 60 E, 28 - 38 Se. Ne Trending Shear Zone |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | Host Rock Altered And Metamorphosed To Hornfels And Skarn. Pyrite And Sericite. |
| MRDS | M050166 |
| DEP | 10039494 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STEWART, J.C., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE MORNINGSTAR MINE AREA, GREATERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 121.}{Deposit:: DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I - 613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)}{Deposit:: DREWES, H., 1970 , USGS BULLETIN 1312 - A.}{Production:: STEWART, J. C., 1969, P. 39 ; ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 121.} |
| Reporter | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) |