| Lat / long: | 31.48097, -110.7165 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Lead |
| Ore: | Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Limonite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite |
| Orebody form: | LENSES AND SHOOTS |
| Discovery year: | 1885 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1882 |
| Last production ended: | 1949 |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Porphyritic To Fine-Grained Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows, Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Systems Cutting Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain |
| Tectonic: | Red Mountain And Corral Canyon Fault Blocks |
| Alteration processes: | Andesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material;Surface Oxidation To Great Depths |
| MRDS | M899944 |
| DEP | 10048356 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{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}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 275-276}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 56}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; WEILAND-GEBLER GROUP, GREAT SILVER MINE} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |