| Lat / long: | 33.11371, -109.36121 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1882 |
| Last production ended: | 1979 |
| 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 |
| 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. |