Lat / long: | 33.08482, -109.39704 |
Primary: | Copper |
Tertiary: | Zinc |
Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
Gangue: | Epidote, Limonite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Producer |
Host rock: | Longfellow Limestone |
Host type: | Quartzite |
Associated rock: | Coronado Quartzite;Morenci Granite Porphyry |
Associated type: | Diorite |
Structure: | Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry, E-W Trending Fissure Vein With Well-Defined Footwall Of Quartzite And Hanging Wall Of Limestone |
Tectonic: | Cayuga Fault; Heavy Beds Of Quartzite Are Upthrown On The North Side Of Cayuga Fault And Connect With The Great Quartzite Block Of Coronado Ridge |
Alteration processes: | Distinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry, Assoicated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substantial Development Of Epidote And Magnetite |
MRDS | M800417 |
DEP | 10048288 |
Reference | {Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 297-298.}{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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |