| Deposit ID | 10048130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800162 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Standard Copper Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.35454, 33.10343 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | 1.0 MILE SE OF METCALF AND 1.0 MILE NE OF CENTER OF MORENCI OPEN PIT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Francisco(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 029E | 10 | NW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||
| Rock description | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.35454, 33.10343 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Closely Massed Joint Systems Trending Ne; Fissure System Trending Ne |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Part Of First Great Fault Block South Of The Coronado Massif |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Year of last production | 1911 |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch |
| First year | 1952 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800162 |
USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905)
AGBMT-USBM FILE DATA
BUTLER, B.S. AND ELDRED D. WILSON, 1938, SOME ARIZONA ORE DEPOSITS, CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 145
BLM DISTRICT MAP 839
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRREGULAR ORE BODIES EXTEND INTO PORPHYRY FROM FISSURE VEIN; 5 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 99 ACRES; NO WELL-DEFINED VEIN IS VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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