Mine detail: Chicago Prospect

Previously called 'Corona Copper Co.'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.05311, -113.78467
dep_id: 10027051
mrds_id: M001815
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Iron, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Iron, Silver
orebody_fm: VUGS, IRREGULAR MASSES
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Occupies A Slightly Mineralized Fault Plane Of No Great Magnitude In The Gneiss
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: In Places Slicken Sided Surfaces Of Gangue Material Were Noted, Showing Post-Mineral Movement As Well As That Which Occurred Before
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 121.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT BULL 192, P. 163.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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