Mine detail: Venegas

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Location: Yuma County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.18343, -113.77632
dep_id: 10027207
mrds_id: M002483
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Brochantite, Chrysocolla
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Intense Sericitic, Pyritic, Supergene Alteration
Reporter: Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J., Gere, W.
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • 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
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