Mine detail: Green Monster Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.71365, -112.07602
dep_id: 10027303
mrds_id: M002774
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_unit: Deception Rhyolite, Quartz Porphyry;Shea Basalt
hrock_type: Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
arock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks 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. 153
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 94
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
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