Mine detail: Pittsburgh - Jerome Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

34.7231, -112.11768

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

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

MRDS	M002675
DEP	10027269
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}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)