Mine detail: Old Hopkins Mine

Previously called 'Buster'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.69893, -112.26824
dep_id: 10027184
mrds_id: M002398
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold
gangue: Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Minor
conc_proc: Oxidation And Enrichment At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Prescott Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Foliation In Granodiorite And Older Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N20w, Quartz Vein Crosscuts Foliation And Trends N5e
References:
  • Deposit:: KRIEGER, M. H. , 1965 , GEOLOGY OF THE PRESCOTT AND PAULDEN QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 467 , P. 111
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 101
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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