Mine detail: San Juan Mine

Previously called 'Peacock'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.94593, -109.65288

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Antlerite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Tenorite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	San Juan Stock
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	San Juan Shear Zone 3000 Ft Wide, 9-10,000 Ft Long, Strike N50-65e And Intersecting Shears
Alteration processes:	Potassic, Phyllic, Argillic, And Propylitic In Zones Out From Stock

References

MRDS	M001705
DEP	10027008
Reference	{Deposit:: Greeley, 1978, Az. Dept. Min. Res., Spec. Rept. No 2, P. 83-87.}{Deposit:: Horsnail, 1978, Jour. Geochem. Expl., V. 9, Nos. 2-3, P. 241-243.}{Deposit:: Blake, 1971, M.S. Thesis, Univ. Of Az., 85 P.}{Deposit:: Dunn, 1978, Az. Geol. Soc. Digest, V. 11, P. 9-15.}{Deposit:: Robinson, R.F., And Cook, A., 1966, Safford Copper Deposit, Lone Star Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, In Titley, S.R. And Hicks, C., Geology Of The Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America: Tucson, University Of Arizona Press, P. 251-266.}{Other Database:: Cimri}{Production:: Abm File Data}{Reserve-Resource:: Greeley, 1978, P.87; Keith, Unpub. Data Abm; Robinson And Cook, 1966.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Long, Keith R.