Mine detail: Jerome Verde Mine

Previously called 'Main TopColumbia'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.75115, -112.11046

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1901
Last production ended: 1920

Geology

Host rock:Deception Rhyolite, Quartz Porphyry;Grapevine Gulch Formation
Host type:Gabbro,Schist,Rhyolite
Associated type:Gabbro,Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDSM002669
DEP10027264
Reference{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. 149.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.G.S. 308 , P. 149.}
ReporterGere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)