Mine detail: Niagara Mine

Previously called 'Niagra Claims'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.59337, -113.22855
dep_id: 10026931
mrds_id: M001126
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Copper, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: CYLINDRICAL PIPE
work_type: Underground
alteration: None
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Breccia Pipe
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
arock_unit: Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e, Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 96.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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