Mine detail: Live Oak

Previously called 'Keystone ShaftLive Oak Shaft'

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.40397, -110.90736
dep_id: 10027319
mrds_id: M002862
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Semiprecious Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chrysocolla
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: The Chrysocolla Undoubtedly Was Deposited By Supergene Solutions That Collected In The Fissures And Contained Copper Leached From The Surrounding Rock
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Tert Dacite Overlies Schultze Granite In Mine Area., Ne Trending Fault Zone Through Shaft Parallel To Barney Fault 300 Ft Nw
References:
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342, P. 137.
  • Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1919, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF RAY AND MIAMI, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 115, P. 96.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
  • Production:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 .
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