Mine detail: Golondrina Prospect

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Location: Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.4815, -109.74622
dep_id: 10026891
mrds_id: M000804
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyromorphite
orebody_fm: CAVITIES, FRACTURE FILLINGS
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Is Localized By A 2 Foot Agglomerate Layer, Between Volcanic Flows.
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 1147-A, P. 15.
  • Deposit:: PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN GRAHAM, GRANT, GREENLEE, AND MARICOPA COUNTIES, ARIZONA 1950 TO 1957, 1970, US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME 151, P. 5, 27.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., KEITH, S.B., AND WILT, J.C., 1970, ABM BULL. 182, P. 103-146.
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