Mine detail: Boston-Arizona Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.52311, -112.61269

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS, TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1937
Last production ended:	1952

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Foliation In Proterozoic Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N50w, Vein And Associated Dike, Cross-Cut Foliation And Trend N30w To N50w
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M003569
DEP	10027624
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.P., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES IN THE COPPER BASIN, ARIZONA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 56 , PP. 916 - 940}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, W.P., 1955, UNPUB PHD THESIS, UNIV OF UTAH}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, JERRY, 1978, UNPUB MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ}{Production:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Gere, W.