Mine detail: Venegas

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.18343, -113.77632

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Brochantite, Chrysocolla
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Intense Sericitic, Pyritic, Supergene Alteration

References

MRDS	M002483
DEP	10027207
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 139, P. 161.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, J.A., AND TOSDAL, R.M., 1986, MINERAL OCCURRENCE MAP AND TABULATION OF GEOLOGIC, COMMODITY, AND PRODUCTION DATA, AJO AND LUKEVILLE QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1834-A, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J., Gere, W.