Monte Cristo Mine

The Monte Cristo Mine is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,561 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Monte Cristo Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Fissure Veins In Limestone And Basal Granite Sequences; And Irregular Bodies On Or Near Contacts Of Intrusive Masses

Type: L
Description: Porphyry Dikes At Or Near Contact Of Basal Granite And Limestone Sequences

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor; Limestones In This Vicinity Are Unaltered

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 55.500000+-0.500000
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 55.500000+-0.500000
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Dioptase
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED PETER B SCOTLAND, STEVENS COPPER CO., ARIZONA COPPER CO, LTD

Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): 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)

Comment (Geology): 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

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: STEVENS GROUP, SANTA LUCIA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): ADJACENT CLAIMS SHOW IRREGULAR DEPOSITS OF CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE

Comment (Location): 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)

References

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43

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