Mine detail: Niagara Mine

Previously called 'Niagra Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.59337, -113.22855

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Quartz
Ore:	Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Copper, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	CYLINDRICAL PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Diorite Porphyry;Aplite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e, Veins Parallel Dikes And Foliation
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M001126
DEP	10026931
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.