Location: | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 31.52097, -110.72373 |
dep_id: | 10048347 |
mrds_id: | M899934 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Andesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths |
conc_proc: | Mineralization Concentrated Along Shear Zone In Andesite And Rhyolite Porphyry |
ore_ctrl: | E-W Trending Vertical Fault Or Shear Zone |
Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Tertiary Volcanics, Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain |
tectonic: | Red Mountain Fault Block; Downthrow To North |
disc_yr: | 1890 |
discr: | Weatherwax |
References: |
- Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 264-265
- Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C, 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.22
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