Mine detail: Halfmoon Prospect

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.43366, -112.19963
dep_id: 10027251
mrds_id: M002630
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Specularite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: BUNCHES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
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
References:
  • USGS BULL 782, P. 14
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