| Lat / long: | 33.05288, -109.38926 |
| Primary: | Manganese, Gold |
| Ore: | Pyrolusite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Hornblende, Labradorite, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1932 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Pinkard Formation |
| Host type: | Diorite |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Diorite Porphyry Cut By Many Irregular And Ne-Trending Fissure Veins; Veins Are Narrow, Small, And Do Not Attain Great Depths, Ne-Trending Fissure Vein In Southernmost Extension Of Main Morenci Porphyry Mass |
| Tectonic: | The Southern Of 2 Well-Defined Fissure Planes In Silver Creek Basin, Separating Cretaceous Sandstone And Shale From Porphyry; Downthrow On The West About 200 Ft |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitization Of Diorite-Porphyry Wall Rock |
| MRDS | M800426 |
| DEP | 10048294 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: USBM INF CIRC 7990, P. 103.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES; CORPORATE GROUP, CLIMAX CLAIM.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 229-230, 296.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1355, P. 15-16.}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 137, P. 185.}{Deposit:: BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORE NCI METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA=M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM 1.C. 7990, PAGE 103} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |