Mine detail: Old Dick Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.54698, -113.22994

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Cadmium, Arsenic, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR LENSES
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1943
Last production ended:	1966

Geology

Host rock:	Bridle Formation;Dick Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M003474
DEP	10027598
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278, P. 76 , 88.}{Deposit:: BAKER, ARTHUR III, AND CLAYTON, R.L., 1968, MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933 - 1967, V. II, P. 1312.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: MINING WORKD, AUGUST, 1962, P. 12-17.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 156, PART I, P. 131-135.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 278, P. 89. FIGURE TO 1973 INCLUDEDS PRODUCTION FROM THE BRUCE OREBODY.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H., Orris, Greta J.