| Lat / long: | 33.10343, -109.35009 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Molybdenum, Gypsum-Anhydrite |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Molybdenite |
| Gangue: | Chlorite, Gypsum, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1905 |
| Last production ended: | 1911 |
| Host type: | Quartz Monzonite,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Closely Massed Joint Systems Trending Ne; Fissure System Trending Ne, Monzonite Porphyry Is Leached, Whitened, And Decomposed; Fissure Veins Occur In Large Of Impregnated And Shattered Porphyry |
| Tectonic: | First Great Fault Block South Of The Coronado Massif |
| Alteration processes: | Oxidation To Unknown Depth; Chloritization Of Biotite; Extensive Hydrothermal Alterration |
| MRDS | M800419 |
| DEP | 10048290 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1908, THE COPPER HANBOOK, VOL VIII, PAGES 1264-65, STANDARD CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1909, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. IX, PAGE 533, CLIFTON COPPER MINES LTD.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1914, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. XI, PAGES 316-318, DETROIT COPPER MINING CO OF ARIZONA}{Deposit:: BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS. UNIVERSITY}{Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905), PAGES 303-304}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE CO, AZ: MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: WASHINGTON, C.D., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 371-385.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J. |