A silver-copper mining area located about 16 miles East of Prescott. Mineralization was described as very high-grade ore (1881). Ore is in contact deposits between slate & granite.
The Yavapai Schist here contains a number of quartzite lenses, and its composition is very complex. It contains several deposits of the schist replacement type.
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References
‡Ref.: The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Scottsdale, AZ: 57.
Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 146.
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of mines Bull. 153: 27.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 167, 236, 393.
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