Mine detail: Dundee - Arizona Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.75171, -112.10157
dep_id: 10027263
mrds_id: M002667
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcedony, Chrysocolla
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Gravels Contain Copper In Oxidized Form Remobilized Or Leached From Massive Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Gravels At Base Of Verde Formation, Overlying Martin Limestone
Reporter: Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed), Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_unit: Verde Gravels
hrock_type: Gravel,Limestone
arock_type: Gabbro,Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1918
yr_lst_prd: 1947
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A. AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308 , P. 153
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 90-91
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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