| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.14343, -109.30398 |
| dep_id: | 10048284 |
| mrds_id: | M800411 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
| gangue: | Hematite, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Minor; Some Surface Oxidation Whereby Granite Host Rock Alterred By Limonite |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Fissure Vein Forming Irregular Ore Bodies And Banded Deposits |
| ore_ctrl: | Ne-Trending Fissure Vein Forming Prominent Ridge And Extensive Surface Outcrops |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_type: | Granite |
| arock_unit: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Precambrian Granite Basement |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Ne-Trending Quartzitic Fissure Veins Connected With Porphyry Dikes; Block Faulting Ne Of Copper King Mountain, Vein In Quartzitic Dike Associated With Nearby Morenci Granite Porphyry Stock |
| tectonic: | Precipitous Gully Terrain; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces |
| Year first produced: | 1910 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1946 |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| discr: | Stevens Brothers |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, SOUTH SYCAMORE GROUP
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, SOUTH SYCAMORE GROUP, STEVENS BROTHERS GOLD HOLDINGS
- Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 363
- Deposit:: BENNET, 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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