Mine detail: Buena Vista

Previously called 'PechanStarlight ProspectMonsterPachenPatchin'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.97812, -112.53352
dep_id: 10026925
mrds_id: M001108
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Tungsten
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Feldspar, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification
conc_proc: Cross Fractures N 12 W, 80 Se Caused Local Enrichment Within Mineralized Zones.
ore_ctrl: Garnet-Epidote Schist Bands In Black Schist Parallel To Schistosity
Reporter: Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Schistosity N 60 - 75 E, 35 - 45 Nw, Dikes Conform And Cut Foliation.
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 39.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 24.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Production:: WILSON, 1941.
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