Mine detail: Thunderbolt Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.23534, -112.20657
dep_id: 10027171
mrds_id: M002365
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Proustite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_type: Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
arock_type: Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S, Low-Angle (Less Than 40 Deg) Veins Cut Across Foliation
Year first produced: 1911
yr_lst_prd: 1968
disc_yr: 1905
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 158
  • Deposit:: GUITERAS, J.R., 1936 , GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK CANYON AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6905 , P. 21
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: ARIZNA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
  • Production:: U.S.B.M. I.C. 6905 , P. 22 ; U.S.G.S. BULL. 782 , P. 158
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