Mine detail: Eleven and Celtic Group

Previously called 'Celtic GroupVeiled Prophet Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.13149, -109.33009

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Epidote, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BODIES OF LOW-GRADE ORE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1906

Geology

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

References

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.