Lat / long: | 32.18234, -109.49343 |
Primary: | Lead, Silver |
Secondary: | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Tungsten |
Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
Gangue: | Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz |
Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
Discovery year: | 1890 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Producer |
Host rock: | Portal Formation;Elpaso Formation;Bolsa Quartzite |
Host type: | Limestone |
Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
Structure: | Strike Slip Fault With Approximately 1000 Ft Displacement Is Mapped 1000 Ft W Of Mine By Sabins, Paleozoic Limestone With Quartz Monzonite Intrusives Nearby. Sediments Unconformably Overly Prec Pinal Schist. Intrusive Dikes Vertical, Ne Trend. 5-15 Ft Wide Limestone Beds Strike Wnw, Dip 65-70sw |
Alteration processes: | Tactite Along Intrusive Contacts With Garnet, Epidote, And Augite. Limestone Altered To Tactite |
MRDS | M800324 |
DEP | 10048229 |
Reference | {Deposit:: USBM REPORT OF INVESTGATIONS 5650, P18-22}{Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 72}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: GEOL SOC AMER BULL, VOL 68, P. 1315}{Deposit:: DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.} |
Reporter | Gest, Don E. |