| Lat / long: | 33.33036, -111.08764 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Gold, Copper |
| Tertiary: | Zinc |
| Ore: | Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Siderite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Other material: | Stromeyerite |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1877 |
| Last production ended: | 1955 |
| Host rock: | Pinal Schist;Naco Limestone |
| Host type: | Schist |
| Associated rock: | Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Dacite |
| Structure: | N-S Trending Fault Systems, Ns Trending Sediments With E Dip, Quartz Diorite Intrusion. Fault Systems Are South Of Mine |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | Supergene Enrichment Near Surface, Hypogene Enrichment At Depth. |
| MRDS | M899881 |
| DEP | 10048314 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, AZ: ABM BULL. 151, P. 7, 11-13, 139-154.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L.,1912, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SUPERIOR, AZ: USGS BULL. 540, P. 156-158.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SHORT, ET AL, 1943.} |
| Reporter | Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J. |