Mine detail: De Soto Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.28644, -112.29046
dep_id: 10027172
mrds_id: M002371
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Actinolite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Reporter: Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J., Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_unit: Iron King Volcanics;Yavapai Schist-Taconite
hrock_type: Chert,Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanics Trends N20e To N30e, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation
Year first produced: 1890
yr_lst_prd: 1972
disc_yr: 1890
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 162.
  • Deposit:: ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 102.
  • Deposit:: USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.
  • Deposit:: DEWITT, 1976, UNPUB. MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZONA.
  • Deposit:: BLACET, 1968, UNPUB. PHD THESIS, STANFORD.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: HARRER, 1964, USBM IC 8236.
  • Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 782 , PG. 163 ; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 102
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