Mine detail: Gadsen Prospect

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.74254, -112.09768
dep_id: 10027265
mrds_id: M002670
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Startigraphy, Igneous Activity
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_unit: Deception Rhyolite
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
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. 154
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 94
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