| Lat / long: | 33.07677, -109.36871 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Iron, Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Goslarite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Pyroxene, Tremolite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1870 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1882 |
| Last production ended: | 1920 |
| Host rock: | Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale;Longfellow Limestone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite |
| Associated type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Ne Trending Fissure Veins; Porphyry Dike Of 500 Ft Maximum Width Connects In 2 Places With The Main Porphyry Mass Of Copper Mountain, Ne Trending Fissure Veins Are Partly In Porphyry And Partly In Contact-Metamorphosed Limestones; Veins Occasionally Outcrop On Surface; Apache Fault, N45w, 65 Ne, 15 Associated With Faults That Cut The Deposit |
| Tectonic: | Complex Copper Mountain Fault System With Substantial Vertical Displacement; Fault Blocks Generally Downthrown To Ne |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitization Of Granite With The Introduction Of Pyrite And Chalcopyrite In Veinlets |
| MRDS | M800414 |
| DEP | 10111298 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 281-291.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 840 AND 841.}{Deposit:: WATT, ROBERTA, 1956, HISTORY OF MORENCI ARIZONA, M.A. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.}{Deposit:: CLELAND, ROBERT G., 1952, A HISTORY OF PHELPS DODGE, P. 81.}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 149, NO 15.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Calder, Susan R. |