| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.07677, -109.36537 |
| dep_id: | 10048296 |
| mrds_id: | M800428 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Kaolin, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Upper Beds Of Modoc Limestone Altered To Garnet Rock; Ore Is Entirely Oxidized |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Beddinng Planes; Supergene Enrichment Facilitated By Copper Mountain Fault |
| ore_ctrl: | Several Ore-Bearing Horizons Are Contained In Limestone And Separated By Barren Material Main Ore Body Contained Between 2 Large Porphyry Dikes ( Joy And Hummingbird Dikes) That Both Dip 60 To 70 Nw |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_unit: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | One Of Several Regional Deposits Of Carbonates And Cuprite In Limestone; East Side Of The Copper Mountain Fault, Main Ore Body Is Located Immediately Under Heavy Garnet Rock And Is About 25 Ft Thick; A Lower Ore Body Of 5 Ft Thickness Is Separated From Main Ore Body By A Barren Lime-Shale Sequence |
| tectonic: | Copper Mountain Fault; Dislocates Both Dikes; East Side Of Fault Shows Se Horizontal Throw Of 50 To 70 Ft |
| Year first produced: | 1884 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1932 |
| disc_yr: | 1884 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.
- Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 240-245.
- Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 840 AND 841.
- Deposit:: BENNETT, 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
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