Mine detail: Black Mesa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.59254, -113.21744

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE/ELIPTICAL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Butte Falls Tuff;King Peak Rhyolite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Lcret-Tert Undated But Late Cretaceous-Paleocene;Aplite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10e To N40e, Breccia Pipe Cuts Host Rock; Mineralization In Pipe
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M003350
DEP	10027554
Reference	ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278 , P. 7
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)