Mine detail: Hope Mine

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.83757, -110.95042
dep_id: 10027327
mrds_id: M002877
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Uranophane
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Clay, Gypsum, Limonite, Nontronite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Clay, Chlorite, Deuteric
ore_ctrl: In Hornfels Adjacent To Zone Of Transition Dike Rocks
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Dripping Spring Quartzite;
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Sierra Ancha Diabase Sheet;
arock_type: Syenite,Diabase
Structure: Breccia Zone Filled With Mobilized Hornfels
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1954
discr: Charles Nichols, Maurice Sharp, Carrel Wilbanks
References:
  • Deposit:: GRANGER & RAUP, 1959, USGS BULL 1046-P.
  • Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, 1978, USAEC RME-2071, P. 28.
  • Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: GRANGER & RAUP, 1969, USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 145, P. 44-54.
  • Production:: SCHWARTZ, 1978; ABM FILE PAGES
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