| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 33.07177, -109.40732 |
| dep_id: | 10088879 |
| mrds_id: | M800157 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Manganese, Silver, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| gangue: | Epidote, Limonite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
| alteration: | Distinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry Associated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substantial Development Of Epidote And Magnetite |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Enrichment Along Well-Defined Fissures |
| ore_ctrl: | Ene Trending Fissure |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Longfellow Limestone;Morenci Shale |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry, South Of Zone Between Coronado Ridge And Gold Gulch Fault Blocks |
| Year first produced: | 1904 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1915 |
| disc_yr: | 1901 |
| discr: | Home Copper Co |
| References: |
- Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905).
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
- Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. X, P. 1293-1294, NEW YORK-ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO.
- Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1912-1913, THE COPPER HANDBOOK V. XI, P. 444, HOME COPPER CO.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
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