Mine detail: Hormeyer Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.07204, -109.34732

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Copper, Galena, Gold
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Longfellow Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Coronado Quartzite;Morenci Granite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Major Fissure Plane, With Nw Strike Cutting The Coronado Quartzite Croppings Between The Hormeyer Mine And Longfellow Incline; Ne Block Downthrown About 150 Ft, Porphyry Dike Is An Offshoot Of The Main Sill Of Porphyry That Consistently Follows The Contact Of Quartzite And Limestone In This Region
Tectonic:	Precipitous Gully Terrain Associated With Lower Chase Creek Valley
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M002214
DEP	10109008
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1905, USGS PROF PAPER 43, P. 212}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, MINERALS OF ARIZONA, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SERIES NO. 15, BULL 149}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, 1972, USGS BULL 1355, P. 16}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1934, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 137, P. 187}{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.}{Production:: U.S.G.S. P.P. 43 , P. 212}
Reporter	Gere, W., Calder, Susan R.