Mine detail: Orphan Lode Mine

Previously called 'Orphan'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.0714, -112.15075

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Gold, Magnesite, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Lead, Antimony, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcocite, Galena, Tennantite, Torbernite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Plagioclase, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	PIPELIKE, DISSEMINATIONS AND STRINGERS ON PIP * PERIPHERY
Discovery year:	1891

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Coconino, Hermit, Supai Formations, Redwall Limestone
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Breccia Pipe Is A Collapse Breccia And Annular Rings
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Argillization And Carbonization Extend Into Sediments As Function Of Permeability

References

MRDS	M001823
DEP	10027053
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.}{Deposit:: KOFFORD, 1969, FOUR CORNERS GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, P. 190-194.}{Deposit:: GORNITZ & KERR, 1970, COLUMBIA UNIV.}{Deposit:: BOWLES, 1977, USGS CIRC. 753, P. 25-27.}{Deposit:: GRANGER AND RAUPLE, 1962: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1147-A.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1970, P.262}{Reserve-Resource:: KEITH, 1970, P. 262.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.