Mine detail: U.S. Navy Mine

Previously called 'U.S. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.49505, -112.60742

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1912
Last production ended:	1967

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N10e To N20e, Vein, And Associated Dike, Cross-Cut Foliation And Trend N75e
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M003571
DEP	10027625
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:: JOHNSTON, W.P., 1955, PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, TERRY, 1978, MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZONA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Production:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)