| Lat / long: | 33.10066, -109.39509 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Gold, Silver |
| Ore: | Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Limonite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| Associated rock: | Coronado Quartzite |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Surface Oxidation; Majority Of Fissure Veins In This Region Contain Oxidized Copper Ores In Their Upper Levels |
| MRDS | M800407 |
| DEP | 10048282 |
| Reference | {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.} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |