Mine detail: Black Mesa Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.59254, -113.21744
dep_id: 10027554
mrds_id: M003350
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPE/ELIPTICAL
work_type: Underground
alteration: None
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_unit: Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
arock_unit: Lcret-Tert Undated But Late Cretaceous-Paleocene;Aplite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e, Breccia Pipe Cuts Host Rock; Mineralization In Pipe
References:
  • ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 7
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