| Lat / long: | 33.07677, -109.36537 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver |
| Tertiary: | Zinc, Manganese |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Kaolin, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1884 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1884 |
| Last production ended: | 1932 |
| Host rock: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale |
| Host type: | Shale,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Upper Beds Of Modoc Limestone Altered To Garnet Rock; Ore Is Entirely Oxidized |
| MRDS | M800428 |
| DEP | 10048296 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |