| Lat / long: | 33.11954, -109.36065 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Garnet, Iron, Zinc, Manganese |
| Ore: | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Asbestos, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolin, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrolusite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Tremolite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1902 |
| Last production ended: | 1918 |
| Host rock: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale;;Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Shale,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Ne Trending Porphyry Dikes, Prominent Fault On N Side Of Shannon Mountain, Extensive Fracturing Of Sediments Due To Porphyry Intrusions And Faulting |
| Tectonic: | Shannon Mountain |
| Alteration processes: | Some Of Largest Ore Bodies Were Originally Calcareous Sediments Altered Through Leaching And Oxidation, Vertical Extent Unknown |
| MRDS | M800161 |
| DEP | 10088880 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1905, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT MAP 840}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J. |