Mine detail: Wolverine Mine

Previously called 'Broken Promise'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.42153, -109.92259

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909
Last production ended:	1931

Geology

Host rock:	Abrigo Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sacramento Hill Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common, Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alteration processes:	Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

References

MRDS	M000841
DEP	10026894
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM FILES}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 90.}{Deposit:: BONILLAS, TENNY, AND FEUCHERE, 1917, AIME TRANS V. 55, P. 284-355}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187}
Reporter	Gere, W., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)