| Lat / long: | 31.90069, -109.81509 |
| Primary: | Silica, Silver, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Vanadium |
| Ore: | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Iodyrite, Molybdenite, Proustite, Pyrite, Silver, Tetrahedrite, Wulfenite |
| Gangue: | Alunite, Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR, STRINGERS, MASSIVE |
| Other material: | Quartz |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1895-1942, OTHER |
| First production started: | 1895 |
| Last production ended: | 1979 |
| Host type: | Rhyolite,Andesite |
| Associated rock: | Pearce Volcanics;Brockman Andesite |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Flows Dip 35-40e, Fissure Veins And Fault Breccia Zones; N-S Faults Are Premineraliz Ation, Others Are Postmineralization |
| Alteration processes: | Propylitic, Silicification, Oxidation; Alteration More Intense In And Near Vein Fractures. Sericitic And K-Spar Alteration Closest To The Veins, With Extensive Argillic And Propylitic Alteration Away From The Veins. |
| MRDS | M030569 |
| DEP | 10103554 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SMITH, 1927, MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187.}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, 1916, MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, V. 45, P. 187-188.}{Deposit:: HOWELL, 1977, MS. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: HEYLMUN, E.B., 1988, COMMONWEALTH SILVER-GOLD MINE, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 57, NO. 5, P. 14-16.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, P. 69; HEYLMUN, 1988, P. 16; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J. |