Mine detail: Gadsen Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.74254, -112.09768

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Deception Rhyolite
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type: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

MRDSM002670
DEP10027265
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. 154}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 94}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)