Mine detail: Buckeye Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.42397, -110.7643

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Troy Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diabase

References

MRDS	M003135
DEP	10027458
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342, P. 112.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 12, P. 153.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)