Mine detail: Mc Morris Mines

Previously called 'IncaLa Plata ShaftRichmond BasinJumboGila MonsterHelena and NuggetBlue Quail'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.52341, -110.75763

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Gold
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone;Pioneer Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite,Diabase
Structure:	Thick Diabase Sill Containing Inclusions Of Limestone. A Body Of Quartz Diorite Or Diabase 1/2 Mile In Diameter Outcrops Immediately S Of The Jumbo And Mc Morris Shafts., Fractures Cut The Diabase And Limestone, Ew And Nw Strikes, Main Zone Of Mineralization Is Ew. 1919 Article Calls Mineralized Zone A Contact Vein, With Diabase Hanging Wall And Quartz Diorite Footwall

References

MRDS	M241232
DEP	10109788
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR MC MORRIS FILE AND BLUE QUAIL FILE}{Deposit:: BISHOP, O. M., 1935. GEOLGOY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICHMOND BASIN AREA, GILA COUNTY. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V 3 #6, P 15, NOVEMBER, 1919.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.