Mine detail: Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim

Previously called 'PorterNettieNobbyTwin PeaksEmma'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.20151, -109.59676

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Graphite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Graphite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN
Discovery year:	1877

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	E-W Trending Fault Separates Quartz Monzonite To The South From Cretaceous Shales To The North
Alteration processes:	Metamorphosed Shale

References

MRDS	M002181
DEP	10027127
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P. 118, 119.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.}{Deposit:: SHIELDS, 1940, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DIVES AND GOLD RIDGE GROUPS: UNIV OF ARIZ MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: 1934, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137. KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Gere, W., Gest, Don E.