Mine detail: Cuba Mine

Previously called 'Cuba ProspectIndependence ClaimRooney'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.29588, -112.78964

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silica
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Torbernite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1933

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Trend Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Deg
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

References

MRDS	M003305
DEP	10027540
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANGER, H. C. AND RAUP, R. B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 46 .}{Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM CARD FILE}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)