Mine detail: Blue Butte Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 32.53898, -114.27939

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Biotite, Hematite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR MASSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:In This Vicinity, The Granite Is Extensively Sheeted By Several Systems Of Jointing Of Which The Most Prominent Dip Steeply And Strike N15w, S40w, And S40e.
Alteration processes:For Three Or Four Inches From The Vein, The Feldspars Of The Wall Rock Are Stained With Copper, And Thin Fractures Extending Out From The Vein Are Lined With Malachite And Hematite For Distances Up To One Foot

References

MRDSM002565
DEP10027233
ReferenceWILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 20
ReporterGere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)