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Hormeyer Mine

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109008
MRDS ID M002214
Record type Site
Current site name Hormeyer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.34732, 33.07204 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 1 MILE ESE OF MORENCI

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 22 W2 OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON RIDGE BETWEEN CHASE CREEK AND MORENCI CANYON; EASTERNMOST ADIT IN NE QUARTER OF SECTION 22 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Coronado Quartzite;Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Coronado Quartzite;Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Longfellow Limestone
    Rock description Longfellow Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.34732, 33.07204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Fissure Plane, With Nw Strike Cutting The Coronado Quartzite Croppings Between The Hormeyer Mine And Longfellow Incline; Ne Block Downthrown About 150 Ft
Type of structure Local
Structure description Porphyry Dike Is An Offshoot Of The Main Sill Of Porphyry That Consistently Follows The Contact Of Quartzite And Limestone In This Region

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fissure Vein Following A Porphyry Dike That Separates The Coronado Quartzite From The Limestones

Comments on the geologic information

  • CROPPINGS OF THE VEIN CONSIST OF CELLULAR QUARTZ STAINED YELLOW BY LEAD OXIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 2 TUNNELS OR LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1905, USGS PROF PAPER 43, P. 212

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH, MINERALS OF ARIZONA, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SERIES NO. 15, BULL 149

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, 1972, USGS BULL 1355, P. 16

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1934, ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 137, P. 187

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. P.P. 43 , P. 212

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Calder, Susan R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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