| Lat / long: | 33.08566, -109.36121 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyroxene |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1932 |
| Host rock: | Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Complex System Of Branching Porphyry Dikes Enclosing Irregular Masses Of Alterred Limestone; Difficult To Connect The Bodies Exposed On Various Levels Of Mines In The Area, Dikes Contain Parallel Seams Of Chalcocite And Pyrite; Dikes Outcrop To Widths Of 30 Ft But Are Locally Pinched Below The 183 Ft Mine Level |
| Tectonic: | Dispersed Fractured Zones Associated With The Complex Copper Mountain Fault System |
| Alteration processes: | Limestones Alterred To Intergrowths Of Epidote, Garnet, Pyroxene, Magnetite, Pyrite, And Chalcopyrite; Extensive Surface Oxidation To Depths Of 100 Ft; Porphyry Greatly Alterred To Sericite And Quartz With Disseminated Pyrite |
| MRDS | M800396 |
| DEP | 10048273 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 269-271.}{Deposit:: BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |