| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.13482, -109.30843 |
| dep_id: | 10048278 |
| mrds_id: | M800401 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
| gangue: | Kaolin, Sulfur |
| orebody_fm: | CONTIGUOUS LENSE AND SHOOT DEPOSITS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Fissure Veins And Contact Between Granite And Limestone; Extensive Surface Leaching |
| ore_ctrl: | Ne Trending Fissure Veins; W-E Trending Porphyry Dikes |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_unit: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale;Longfellow Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Granite |
| arock_unit: | Precambrian Granite Basement;Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Diorite |
| Structure: | Granite Mass Cut By W-E Trending Dikes Of Porphyry, Diorite, And Phonolite; Dikes Run At Acute And Right Angles To Vein System, N-Trending Quartzitic Fissure Veins With Well-Defined Contacts Between Granite And Sedimentary Rocks; Polaris Property Contains 10 Nearly Vertical Quartz And Porphyry-Filled Veins That Are Traceable On Surface |
| tectonic: | Great Fault Block Ne Of Copper King Mountain; Downthrow Of About 1000 Ft |
| Year first produced: | 1911 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1943 |
| disc_yr: | 1890 |
| discr: | Small Groups, Later Forming Polaris Mining And Milling Co |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, UNDER POLARIS GROUP AND PARROT GROUP
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO, VICTORY MINING CO
- Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. X, PAGE 1422, POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO
- 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, 153P.
- Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 838
- Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 363
- Deposit:: USBM FILES; AMAX INC.
- Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1916, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XII, PAGES 933-934, POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO
- Deposit:: MINING REPORTER V. LIII, NO. 16, (APRIL 19, 1906), REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING IN CLIFTON-MORENCI, AZ, DISTRICT
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