Mine detail: Binghampton Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.45616, -112.19407

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: SHOOTS, LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1914
Last production ended: 1947

Geology

Host type:Chert,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDSM002606
DEP10027246
Reference{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 146.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A. AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 74.}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BUL*. 782, 1336.}
ReporterGere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)