Mine detail: Verde Central Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.73976, -112.12185

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Deception Rhyolite, Cleopatra Quartz Porphyry, Unknown Metabasalt
Host type:	Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M002674
DEP	10027268
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. 151}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 95}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)