Mine detail: Jerome - Grande Prospect

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.74226, -112.13296
dep_id: 10027267
mrds_id: M002673
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
other_matl: Pyrite
work_type: Underground
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.), Dewitt, Ed H.
hrock_unit: Deception Rhyolite;Grapevine Gulch Formation
hrock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
arock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rokcs 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
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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