Lat / long: | 33.21177, -109.36454 |
Primary: | Gold, Lead |
Secondary: | Silver, Copper |
Tertiary: | Zinc |
Ore: | Anglesite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite |
Gangue: | Calcite, Magnetite, Pyromorphite |
Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Producer |
First production started: | 1915 |
Last production ended: | 1948 |
Host rock: | Longfellow Limestone;Coronado Quartzite;Pinal Schist |
Host type: | Schist |
Associated rock: | Andesite And Rhyolite Volcanics |
Associated type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | Ne Trending Fault, Block Faulting With 500-600 Ft Downthrow On West Side Of Twig Mine Deposits |
Tectonic: | Transition Zone Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces |
Alteration processes: | Contact Alterration Of Precambrian Sediments To Metaquartzite Schist Host Rock |
MRDS | M800164 |
DEP | 10048132 |
Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: MOOLICK, R.T., AND DUREK, J.J., 1966, THE MORENCI DISTRICT, IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, EDITED BY TITLEY AND HICKS.}{Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905).}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
Reporter | Orris, Greta J., Calder, Susan R. |