Mine detail: Maricopa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.88007, -111.96212

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Vanadinite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL RAPIDLY
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Yavapai Schist
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M002782
DEP	10027304
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON ET AL, 1941, ABM BULL 137, P. 164}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: LEWIS, 1920, E & MJ, V 110, P. 713-716}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1939}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Production:: WILSON ET AL, 1934}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Fischer, Richard P.