Mine detail: Chance Mine

Previously called 'Taylor ClaimsScheerer PropertyColford Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.70181, -109.54425

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Ore: Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Vanadinite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1924
Last production ended: 1956

Geology

Host rock:Naco Group
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Nnw Thrust Faults In Swisshelms Overthrust, Penn Naco Group Over Rhyolite Porphyry, On Upthrown Side Of Nw Trending Fault; Penn Naco Group Strikes Nw, Dips 55 Sw
Alteration processes:Strong Oxidation

References

MRDSM002185
DEP10027130
Reference{Deposit:: M.S. THESIS, MT. QUEEN AREA, BY W. R. LORING, UNIV. OF ARIZ.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 158}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 70.}{Deposit:: COOPER, 1956, USGS MAP MF-213}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
ReporterGere, W., Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)