Mine detail: Golden Gate

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.4357, -109.91343

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Group Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sacramento Hill Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting, 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	M001715
DEP	10027012
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. IV, P. 107. ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 127, 1930, P. 39.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.}{Deposit:: WILSON AND BUTLER, 1930, ABM BULL 127, P. 39.}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, USBM IC 7990, P. 15.}
Reporter	Gere W., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)