| Lat / long: | 33.12899, -109.37732 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Chrysocolla, Dioptase, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1907 |
| Last production ended: | 1918 |
| Host rock: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale |
| Host type: | Granite |
| Associated rock: | Precambrian Granite Basement;Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite,Diorite |
| Structure: | Fissure Veins In Limestone And Basal Granite Sequences; And Irregular Bodies On Or Near Contacts Of Intrusive Masses, Porphyry Dike At Or Near Contact Of Basal Granite And Limestone Sequences |
| 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; Limestones In This Vicinity Are Unalterred |
| MRDS | M800399 |
| DEP | 10048276 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43}{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.} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |