Mine detail: Binghampton Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.45616, -112.19407
dep_id: 10027246
mrds_id: M002606
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: SHOOTS, LENSES
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)
hrock_type: Chert,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1914
yr_lst_prd: 1947
discr: I.T. Stoddard
References:
  • 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.
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