| Lat / long: | 33.10649, -109.28537 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Ore: | Gold |
| Gangue: | Sulfur |
| Orebody form: | STREAKS |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Placer |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Gravel |
| Structure: | Fine Flakes Of Gold Recovered From Well-Graded Stream Gravels And From Coarse, Roughly Bedded Gila Conglomerate Inthe Hills Around Morenci And On The Se Slopes Of Copper King Mountain, Gold Recovered From Quat River Gravels 50-60 Ft Above The Level Of The Present River Bed |
| Tectonic: | Great Fault Blocks Ne Of Copper King Mountain; Downthrow Of About 1000 Ft |
| Alteration processes: | Surface Oxidation Of Gold-Bearing Veins Ne Of Copper King Mountain |
| MRDS | M001287 |
| DEP | 10108994 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972 , PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355 , P. 17}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; BOKARES MINE, POLARIS MINING AND MILLING CO, COLORADO MINE}{Deposit:: USGS PROF PAPER 43, 1905, P. 211-212,77,78}{Deposit:: USBM FILES; AMAX INC., EVANS POINT LIME QUARRY}{Deposit:: ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, POLARIS GROUP AND PARROT GROUP: SEE EVANS POINT GOLD PLACERS}{Deposit:: MINING REPORTER, V. 53, N. 16, (APRIL 19, 1906), REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING IN CLIFTON-MORENCI, ARIZONA, DISTRICT}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.} |
| Reporter | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Calder, Susan R. |