Mine detail: Metcalf Mines

Previously called 'Metcalf Open PitArizona Copper Co Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.11371, -109.36121

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Garnet, Kaolin, Limonite, Magnetite, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1979

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Morenci Granite Porphyry;Precambrian Granite-Granodiorite Complex
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	General Nw-Striking Step Faults With Normal Displacements To The South, Irregular Bodies Of Chalcocite Ore Contained In Soft And Sericitic Granite Porphyry Near Contact With Sedimentary Rocks; Porphyry Contains Inclusions Of Shale And Metamorphosed Limestone
Tectonic:	Shannon Mountain Fault Block; Precipitous Gully Terrain
Alteration processes:	Surface Oxidation To Depths Of 30 Ft; Sericitization Of Granite Porphyry

References

MRDS	M800422
DEP	10048292
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, METCALF MINES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES, ARIZONA COPPER CO. LTD.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 320-323.}{Deposit:: LANGTON, J.M., 1973, ORE GENESIS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 254, P. 256.}{Deposit:: PAY DIRT, 1969, PHELPS DODGE TO DEVELOP BIG MINE AD METCALF: NO. 360, P. 3-5.}{Deposit:: TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, V. 1, P. 97-98.}{Deposit:: WEED, W. H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, PAGES 470-472, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD}{Deposit:: STEVENS, J. H., 1904, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL IV, PAGES 193-195, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.