| Lat / long: | 33.13482, -109.37343 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Dioptase, Galena, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR MASSES |
| Discovery year: | 1872 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1903 |
| Last production ended: | 1920 |
| Host rock: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Diabase |
| Structure: | Fissure Veins In Limestone And Basal Granite Sequences; And Irregular Bodies On Or Near Contacts Of Intrusive Masses, Nne Striking Fault, With 45 Se Dip, Separates Sedimentary Rocks From Precambrian Granite Associated Porphyry Dike Is 200 Ft Thick |
| Tectonic: | Coronado Massif Surrounded By Peripheral Faults; Fault Block To East Of Massif Downthrown About 2000 Ft, Placing Carboniferous Limestones At Level Of Chase Creek |
| Alteration processes: | Minor |
| MRDS | M800397 |
| DEP | 10048274 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA: STEVENS MINE}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 351-352}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, STEVENS GROUP}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1909, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL IX, PAGE 1273, STEVENS COPPER CO}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, PAGE 236, STEVENS COPPER MINING CO}{Deposit:: LANGTON, J.M., 1973, ORE GENESIS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS: TRANSACTION, VOL. 254, PAGE 256} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |