Mine detail: Monte Cristo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.06506, -112.58325

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Nickel, Cobalt, Arsenic
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chloanthite, Niccolite, Pyrite, Silver, Tennantite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	BANDS/LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Gneiss,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e, Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alteration processes:	Minor To None

References

MRDS	M003309
DEP	10027541
Reference	{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1922 , PRIMARY NATIVE-SILVER ORES NEAR WICKENBURG, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 735 - E}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 103 .}
Reporter	Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)