Mine detail: Leroy Mine Group

Previously called 'CometBlack HawkClimaxOnetdaGold QueenStandardJack DempseyLost HopeWar Eagle. Pamerset'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.18068, -109.58204

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Niccolite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Granite
Structure:	Quartz Monzonite Body Is In Fault Contact With Cret Sediments To The North And In Concordant Contact With Cambrian Sediments To The South. E-W Trends On Bedding And On Fault, Faulting And Shearing Within The Quartz Monzonite Cuts Ore Veins

References

MRDS	M002136
DEP	10027114
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P.120, 121.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA BUREAUOF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 91.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, 62.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R,. 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.}{Deposit:: MOORE, R.T., AND ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 257 AND 259.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 187.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.