| Lat / long: | 33.11177, -109.39843 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Zinc, Lead, Manganese |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Coronadite, Libethenite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Kaolin, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1874 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1913 |
| Last production ended: | 1918 |
| Host type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite |
| Associated rock: | Precambrian Granite-Granodiorite Complex;Coronado Quartzite |
| Associated type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Diabase And Porphyry Dikes Connected By A Fissure Vein System, Of Which The Coronado Vein Is The Most Important, Fissure Is Followed In Places By A Diabase Dike That Shows Evidence Of Crushing And Movement On The Vein; Horseshoe Lode Consists Of Alterred Granite And Contact Breccia |
| Tectonic: | Coronado Granite Massif Surrounded By Peripheral Faults; Coronado Fault Fissure Has A Vertical Throw Of About 1200 Ft |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitic Alterration Accompanied By Quartz Cementation Occurring Within Friction Breccia, Diabase And Crushed Material Of The Fault |
| MRDS | M800425 |
| DEP | 10109876 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: WATT, ROBERTA, 1956, HISTORY OF MORENCI ARIZONA, M.A. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 17.}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 149, NO. 15.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 338-344.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. X, P. 356-357, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIII, P. 470-471, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, CORONADO MINE.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CORONADO COPPER CO, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840.}{Deposit:: LANGTON, J.M., 1973, ORE GENESIS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUMENGINEERS: TRANSACTIONS, V. 254, P. 256.} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |