Mine detail: De Soto Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.28644, -112.29046

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Iron, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Iron King Volcanics;Yavapai Schist-Taconite
Host type:	Chert,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanics Trends N20e To N30e, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M002371
DEP	10027172
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J., Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)