Mine detail: Silver Butte Copper Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.17089, -111.44544

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Rock Units Have Been Cut By Numerous Faults And Fractures
Alteration processes:	Copper Carbonates Occur As Alteration Products Of The Chalcopyrite

References

MRDS	M002718
DEP	10027284
Reference	{Deposit:: LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E.D., 1924, GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 120 , P. 42.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P. 58.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)