| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.10066, -109.39509 |
| dep_id: | 10048282 |
| mrds_id: | M800407 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| gangue: | Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Surface Oxidation; Majority Of Fissure Veins In This Region Contain Oxidized Copper Ores In Their Upper Levels |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Fissure Veins; Some Surface Leaching |
| ore_ctrl: | South Side Of Prominent Quartzitic Ridge North Of Morenci; Ridge Forms Divide Between Chase Creek And Eagle Creek Watersheds; Block Faulting South Of The Great Coronado Fissure Vein With Downthrow Of 1200 Ft On Southern Side And Gentle Westward Dip |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite |
| arock_unit: | Coronado Quartzite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | South Side Of Prominent Quartz Itic Ridge North Of Morenci; Ridge Forms Divide Between Chase Creek And Eagle Creek Watersheds; Block Faulting South Of The Great Coronado Fissure Vein With Downthrow Of 1200 Ft On Southern Side And Gentle Westward Dip, Vein Is Located On A Subrodinate Fault Fissure |
| tectonic: | Coronado Granite Massif Surrounded By Peripheral Faults |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: USBM FILES, LAS TRAJAS MINE
- Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 345
- 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.
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