| Lat / long: | 33.0651, -109.40621 |
| Primary: | Silver |
| Secondary: | Gold, Copper, Lead |
| Tertiary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Galena, Hematite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hornblende, Orthoclase |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1904 |
| Last production ended: | 1935 |
| Host type: | Diorite |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Porphyry Appears Regionally As Stocks, Sheets, And Dikes Tightly Interbedded With Sedimentary Rocks, Porphyry Consists Largely Of Sills And Laccoliths Dipping 10-30 Sw Like The Sedimentary Strata; Most Claims Are Located On Extensive Exposures Of The Main Morenci Porphyry Stock |
| Tectonic: | Gold Gulch Fault Block |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitization Of Diorite-Porphyry Wall Rock; Porphyry Is Greatley Disintegrated |
| MRDS | M800408 |
| DEP | 10048283 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 841}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, LAKEMAN GROUP, MESSABI-MORENCI MINING COMPANY}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, LAKEMEN GROUP}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 292-296}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 137, P. 185}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1355, P. 15-16} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |