| Lat / long: | 31.98651, -111.07319 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Molybdenum |
| Tertiary: | Zinc, Lead, Gold |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tenorite |
| Gangue: | Serpentine |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1950 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1952 |
| Host rock: | Colina Limestone, Epitaph Formation, Scherer Formation, Concha Li Mestone, All Of Naco Group;Whitcomb Quartzite, Angelica Arkose;Rodolfo Formation |
| Host type: | Arkose,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Ruby Star Granodiorite; |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Ew Post Mineralization Faulting, Jointing, San Xavier Thrust |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | Propylitic, Quartz-Sericite, Potassic, Skarn |
| MRDS | M050388 |
| DEP | 10039593 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: HIMES, 1972, AIME ANN MTG REPORT NO 72-I-57.}{Deposit:: COOPER, 1960, USGS BULL 1112.}{Deposit:: CREASEY & KISTLER, 1962, USGS PP 450-D.}{Deposit:: HUFF, 1970, USGS BULL 1312-C.}{Deposit:: LACY & TITLEY, 1959, SO. AZ. GUIDEBOOK II.}{Deposit:: THURMOND,R., AND OTHERS, 1954, PIMA - A THREE PART STORY. GOLOGY, OPEN PIT, MILLING: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10.}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 137}{Deposit:: MAUGER, 1966, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: LANGLOIS, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST VII, P. 103-113}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING ENGINEERING, 1967; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J. |