Mine detail: New Era and Adjoining Claims

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.4207, -109.89287
dep_id: 10027011
mrds_id: M001714
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Copper, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism
conc_proc: Bornite Replaces Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation
Reporter: Gere, W., Zigler, Jan L., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)
hrock_unit: Naco Group Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Sacramento Hill Stock
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common, Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
References:
  • 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.
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