| Lat / long: | 33.13149, -109.33009 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR BODIES OF LOW-GRADE ORE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1906 |
| Host type: | Granite |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Precambrian Granite Basement |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Ne Trending Narrow Porphyry Dikes; Veins Consist Of Many Very Sharply Defined Fissure Planes Striking Nne, Monzonite Porphyry Fragmented By Masses Of Quartzite, Limestone, And Shale |
| Tectonic: | Copper King Massif; Block Faulting Nw Of Massif With Downthrow Of About 1000 Ft |
| Alteration processes: | Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths; Porphyry Greatly Bleached By Sericitization And Extensively Cemented By Quartz Veinlets |
| MRDS | M800412 |
| DEP | 10048285 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CELTIC COPPER CO AND POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 839}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1909, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. IX, PAGE 500, CELTIC COPPER CO}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 362}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF ARIZ, 153 P.} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |