| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.0651, -109.40621 |
| dep_id: | 10048283 |
| mrds_id: | M800408 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Copper, Lead |
| Trace mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Hematite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hornblende, Orthoclase |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Sericitization Of Diorite-Porphyry Wall Rock; Porphyry Is Greatley Disintegrated |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Veins, Evidenced By Quartz Cementation And Pyritic Dissemination |
| ore_ctrl: | Ne Trending Fissure Vein In Diorite Porphyry Mass |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_type: | Diorite |
| arock_unit: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| arock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1904 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1935 |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| discr: | R.L. Lakeman |
| References: |
- 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
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