Mine detail: Maricopa Mine

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.88007, -111.96212
dep_id: 10027304
mrds_id: M002782
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Vanadinite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL RAPIDLY
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: In Quartz In Silicified Brecciated Zones Striking N With Steep Dip
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Fischer, Richard P.
hrock_unit: Yavapai Schist
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
yr_lst_prd: 1970
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • 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
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