Mine detail: New Era and Adjoining Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

31.4207, -109.89287

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Copper, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Naco Group 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	M001714
DEP	10027011
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 710, 1902, PL. IV, P. 108}{Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 127, 19308 P. 40, 41}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 89.}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 11}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Zigler, Jan L., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)