Mine detail: Jerome Verde Mine

Previously called 'Main TopColumbia'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.75115, -112.11046
dep_id: 10027264
mrds_id: M002669
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
other_matl: Pyrite
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.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_unit: Deception Rhyolite, Quartz Porphyry;Grapevine Gulch Formation
hrock_type: Gabbro,Schist,Rhyolite
arock_type: Gabbro,Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Year first produced: 1901
yr_lst_prd: 1920
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. 149.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: U.S.G.S. 308 , P. 149.
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