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Monte Cristo Mine

Past Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048279
MRDS ID M800403
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37732, 33.1276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MILE SW OF THE MOUTH OF GARFIELD GULCH; 1.5 MILES NW OF METCALF, Used Blm District Sheet 837

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coronado Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 029E 32 NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MONTE CRISTO CLAIMS NO 1 AND 2 BORDER SANTA LUCIA CLAIM TO EAST AND SOUTH; ABOVE LOCATION COORDINATES DESCRIBE ADIT JUST SOUTH OF SANTA LUCIA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ADJACENT CLAIMS SHOW IRREGULAR DEPOSITS OF CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dioptase Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor; Limestones In This Vicinity Are Unaltered

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Precambrian Granite Basement;Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Precambrian Granite Basement;Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 55.5
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 55.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Rock description Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.37732, 33.1276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fissure Veins In Limestone And Basal Granite Sequences; And Irregular Bodies On Or Near Contacts Of Intrusive Masses
Type of structure Local
Structure description Porphyry Dikes At Or Near Contact Of Basal Granite And Limestone Sequences

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IS EITHER AN IRREGULAR DEPOSIT IN LIMESTONE AT OR NEAR PORPHYRY CONTACT, OR A FISSURE VEIN DEPOSIT IN PORPHYRY DIKE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND BASAL GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS ON STEVENS CLAIMS WEST OF CHASE CREEK AND NEAR GARFIELD GULCH CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF DRIVING SHORT TUNNELS TO INTERSECT RELATIVELY SMALL ORE SHOOTS (SEE USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43, 1905)

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PETER B SCOTLAND, STEVENS COPPER CO., ARIZONA COPPER CO, LTD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit SEE ALSO: STEVENS GROUP, SANTA LUCIA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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